Keeping and Seizing

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Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.

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Seizing and keeping are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Seizing" instead an adjective "Keeping".

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Seizing noun - The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles).

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Keeping and seizing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keeping" instead an adjective "Seizing".

Nearby Words: seize, seizure, seized

Evil Chancellor: Evidently the unnamed nation's president is the only man keeping the country's far less fettered military commander from seizing control.

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In the League's own book, it was shown that, during "No Man's Land", they were keeping a slew of opportunists (Kobra's organization, evil Atlanteans, assorted alien armadas, etc.) from seizing Gotham for their own.

Source: Superman Stays out of Gotham

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