Seizing
Take over
Take over verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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A crossover in the Superman books (collected in the "Endgame" trade) had Brainiac seizing on the Y2K bug to try to take over the world.
Source: Millennium Bug -
Itachi in turn was motivated to massacre his clan by the fact that they were planning to try to take over the village, thus starting a civil war (and a world war, due to other nations seizing advantage).
Source: Harmful to Minors
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