Return and Seize

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Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Seize is an antonym for return.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

Seize verb - To have a clear idea of.

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Return is an antonym for seize.

Nearby Words: seizure, seizing, seised

fire	return fire	seize fire
power	return power	seize power
people	return people	seize people
crown	return crown	seize crown
Other words: body, control, area, rest, world, money, home, ring, day, town, sword, gun, times.

When Israel, the UK, and France invaded Egypt in 1956 to seize the Suez Canal, Eisenhower ordered them to leave Egypt and return the canal.

Source: Useful Notes / Dwight D. Eisenhower aka: Dwight Eisenhower
The Film Trilogy highlights this by adding a scene where Denethor pressures Boromir to seize the ring and return it to Gondor.

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Tolkien's Legendarium
Suddenly, an evil man/creature tries to seize this power to himself and ultimately corrupts the land because of his evil heart, turning it into a wasteland and the castle into his tower, leading the goddesses to seal him away only to return after many years and try to seize this power once again.

Source: Shout Out / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

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