Verb

(seiz)

to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture

to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)

to take possession of (by force, law etc.)

to seize smuggled goods

to seize a ship after libeling

to have a sudden and powerful effect upon

a panic seized the crowd

a fever seized him

(nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line

to seize two fish-hooks back to back

to seize or stop one rope on to another

(obsolete) to fasten, fix

to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)

to seize on the neck of a horse

The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year.'' (''Southey , Bunyan, p. 21)

to have a seizure

* 2012 , Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician

Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.

to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up

Rust caused the engine to seize , never to run again.

(UK) to submit for consideration to a deliberative body.

Verb

(squeez)

To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once

I squeezed the ball between my hands.

Please don't squeeze the toothpaste tube in the middle.

* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1

"Over there—by the rock," Steele muttered, with his brush between his teeth, squeezing out raw sienna, and keeping his eyes fixed on Betty Flanders's back.

(ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place

I managed to squeeze the car into that parking space.

Can you squeeze through that gap?

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* 1908 ,

Could he not squeeze under the seat of a carriage? He had seen this method adopted by schoolboys, when the journey- money provided by thoughtful parents had been diverted to other and better ends.

To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty

He squeezed some money out of his wallet.

To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices

I'm being squeezed between my job and my volunteer work.

* 2013 May 23, , " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):

At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.

(figurative) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.

* L'Estrange

In a civil war, people must expect to be crushed and squeezed toward the burden.

(baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting

Jones squeezed in Smith with a perfect bunt.