to capture
884
2.8
- verb
- /ˈkæp.tʃɚ/
:
capturar
- Baghdad time, United States military forces captured Saddam Hussein alive.
- capture or kill
- captured soldiers
- captured lobsters
Your mission is to kill or capture So and so.
- Your mission is to kill or capture So and so.
- And the purpose of it was, was to capture Ambassador Stevens.
- Baghdad time, United States military forces captured Saddam Hussein alive.
- Will the Ukrainians negotiate any territory away or must they capture also Crimea?
- It was like, we're going to capture Pikachu.
- I prefer sexual predators who weren't captured this morning.
- They think they were captured by the Germans and executed it.
Examples
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Admiral, by now the Krypteia must have captured the women and children.
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Earl Williams was captured in the Criminal Courts Building hiding in a desk.
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Your mission is to kill or capture So and so.
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Everybody was captured and then people saw him.
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These teams never have anyone coming to rescue them if they are ever captured.
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In a flash we saw that we were captured by the Reds.
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We captured two kids who were wandering in the desert.
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Didius's men quickly found him and captured most of his ships, burning the rest.
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Captain Thompson said that he had captured a Swedish ship carrying a cargo of French sugar.
Academic text (2011) -
The police managed to capture the suspect after a long chase through the city.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
Cause someone to die or suffer great harm
∞
1.0
To take hold of a moving person or thing to stop it
∞
3.4
To detain someone and take them to the police station
∞
2.3
To score a point or goal in a game
919
2.6
To catch and hold someone or something so they cannot leave
632
4.0
Take someone away by force to demand money or other conditions
397
3.7
To take control of a place by force or to beat something hard like a fear
277
3.2
To take control of a place or person quickly, often by force
200
4.5
To take power or money in a dishonest, selfish way
180
8.0
To take someone away by force or trick to get money
171
5.3
To stop someone or something before they reach a place
125
3.9
To take someone to the police because they are suspected of a crime
125
5.7
To take control of a vehicle or meeting by force, often illegally
118
6.1
To arrest someone and put them in police custody
55
7.2
To take someone away by force to ask for money
40
5.8
Catch someone suddenly to stop or arrest them
24
4.6
To grab something quickly, often before someone else
13
7.7
To trap someone or something, often by a trick when they are in a difficult situation
4
7.7
To take control from someone by force or strong effort
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
5
3.7
To take a photo or short video that shows the scene and people's feelings clearly
Compounds
An event in 1775 when American forces took Fort Ticonderoga from the British
How Forceful
33
3.8
884
2.8
- Formal
118
6.1
- Formal
156
4.6
136
3.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Capture comes from the Latin root cap- meaning 'to take' or 'seize'. So to capture someone is to 'take' them, which fits catching or taking control after a chase.