Definition of seizure in English

Seizure has two main definition:

• The taking possession of person or property by legal process.
• A sudden attack (as of disease).

Seizure in Swahili

Seizure in Swahili is translated depending on the above definitions:

Seizure (taking possession) is translated as:

• Kukamata
• Kushika
• Unyakuzi

Seizure (disease) is translated as:

• Kifafa
• Mshtuko

Examples of Seizure in Swahili in Sentences

1. Mahakama iliamuru kukamatwa kwa mali zake. (The court ordered the seizure of his assets.)

2. Alikuwa na kifafa. (He had an epileptic seizure.)

3. Shangazi yake alikufa kwa kifafa. (His aunt died of a seizure.)

4. Mahakama iliamuru kukamatwa kwa meli mbili kwa kutolipa deni. (A court ordered the seizure of two ships for non-payment of the debt.)

5. Na mshtuko wa moyo hukufanya usage meno. (And a seizure makes you grit your teeth.)

6. Sikumbuki kile kilichotokea wakati wa mshtuko. (I never remember what happened during a seizure.)

7. Binti yao wa kulea, Melinda, alikufa wakati wa kifafa. (Their adopted daughter, Melinda, died during an epileptic seizure.)

8. Athari za mshtuko huo zilikuwa za ajabu. (The effect of the seizure was electrifying.)

9. Tathmini zaidi ilikatizwa wakati mgonjwa alikuwa na kifafa. (Further assessment was interrupted when the patient had a seizure.)

10. Kwa nini ugunduzi wa ubaba unapaswa kusababisha moja kwa moja kukamata mamlaka ya kiume? (Why should the discovery of paternity automatically lead to a male seizure of power?)

11. Lakini alipuuzilia mbali madai kuwa matumizi mabaya ya serikali, ufisadi na unyakuzi wake wa mashamba ndio wa kulaumiwa. (But he brushed aside charges that government overspending, corruption and its seizure of farms are to blame.)

12. Kizingiti cha kukamata kinaweza kupunguzwa na mambo ya nje. (The seizure threshold may be lowered by external factors.)

13. Alilazwa hospitalini baada ya kudaiwa kupata kifafa, kuanguka na kujigonga kichwani. (He was hospitalized after allegedly suffering a seizure, falling, and hitting his head.)

14. Je, mtu huyo anatetemeka bila kudhibitiwa au ana kifafa? (Is the person shaking uncontrollably or having a seizure?)

15. Mtoto anaweza kuzunguka wakati wa kifafa, na wazazi hawapaswi kujaribu kumshikilia mtoto chini. (The child may move around during the seizure, and parents should not try to hold the child down.)

16. Mshtuko hutokea wakati mifumo ya kawaida ya umeme ya ubongo inapovurugika. (A seizure occurs when the normal electrical patterns of the brain become disrupted.)