Catch
To seize
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Desperate Object Catch: Near the end, an unstable MacGuffin of Mass Destruction is accidentally sent flying when a soldier tries to seize it, to the horror of authorities.
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In Zootopia, this ends up biting Dawn Bellwether in the butt; Nick and Judy manage to catch a recording of her gloating about how she used Night Howler extract to make predators go savage, and how she exploited the ensuing anti-pred hysteria to seize power.
Source: Evil Gloating - You're a genetically-altered and hypnotically-conditioned assassin created by Fontaine as part of his scheme to seize control of Rapture from Andrew Ryan, and Atlas's Catch Phrase "Would you kindly..." was actually the command phrase to make you obey his orders.
Source: Treacherous Advisor
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