capture

IPA: kˈæptʃɝ

noun

  • An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
  • The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
  • Something that has been captured; a captive.
  • The recording or storage of something for later playback.
  • (computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.

verb

  • (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
  • (transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
  • (transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
  • (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
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Examples of "capture" in Sentences

  • He captured a galleon.
  • He resisted to be captured.
  • He was captured for sedition.
  • Was the runaway boy captured
  • He captured vermin in the forest.
  • The ruffian was captured by police.
  • He was captured for being a violator.
  • The Russian is captured and interrogated.
  • Definitely captures the backbone of the story
  • The hunters captured wild animals in the forest.
  • If the capture is al Qaeda, then he would have to be self deluding to believe that he was being held "unjustly."
  • The court could simply apply the Quirin decision holding that the 5th and 6th Amendments do not apply to unlawful belligerents facing a military commission to the status hearings which determine whether the capture is an unlawful combatant.
  • This capture is the result of an operation which began with the capture in Lázaro Cardenes, Michoacán of 19 tons of psuedoefedrina which came from China and which is used in the manufacture of "crystal" and metafetaminas; psycho trophic drugs.

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