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 Translation for 'to seize sth' from English to Icelandic
fanga e-ðto seize sth.
Partial Matches
taka [+acc]to seize
taka borgto seize a city
sæta lagito seize an opportunity
nota tækifæriðto seize the opportunity
fergja e-ð (með e-u)to weight down sth. (with sth.) [hold it down]
hlaða e-ð með e-u to charge sth. with sth. [to load firearm, battery]
bera e-ð á/í e-ðto apply sth. to/on sth. [put on]
taka e-ð fyrir e-ðto charge sth. for sth. [set a price]
rukka e-ð fyrir e-ðto charge sth. for sth. [demand a price]
fylla e-ð með e-uto charge sth. with sth. [load to capacity]
þrífa e-ð úr e-uto snatch sth. from / out of sth.
unverified svipta e-u ofan af e-uto sweep sth. off sth. [take away]
þrykkja e-ð á e-ðto print sth. on sth. [especially graphics]
yfirfæra e-ðe-ð)to superimpose sth. (on / onto sth.)
láta e-ð ofan í e-ðto put sth. in / into sth.
taka e-ð fram yfir annaðto prefer sth. to sth. else
unverified keyra e-ð í e-ð [slá af afli]to hit sth. hard (with sth.)
pota e-u í e-ðto prod sth. into sth. else
pota e-u í e-ðto tuck sth. into sth. else
e-ð út úr e-uto get sth. out of sth.
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Usage Examples English
  • The dragon fell asleep, and Jason was able to seize the Golden Fleece.
  • The Baker's Wife again fails to seize Cinderella's slippers.
  • In early 1915, attempting to seize a strategic advantage in World War I by capturing Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), the British authorised an attack on the peninsula by French, British and British Empire forces.
  • Andronikos saw this Latin dissatisfaction as an opportunity to seize the crown for himself, leaving his retirement in 1182 and marching to Constantinople with an army that (according to non-Byzantine sources) included Muslim contingents.
  • Similarly, President James Mancham's attendance of the 1977 CHOGM gave Prime Minister France-Albert René the opportunity to seize power in the Seychelles.

  • This can be used to inject code into the monitor that will permit the user to seize control of the machine."
  • The Marians led by Gnaeus Papirius Carbo and Gaius Marius the Younger took advantage of Sulla's absence in Asia Minor from 87 to 85 BC to seize control of Rome.
  • The Texan Santa Fe Expedition was launched to seize the contested territory but failed with the capture and imprisonment of the entire army by the Hispanic New Mexico militia.
  • The national gendarmerie, unlike the Army or the National Guard, has never been directly involved in an attempt to seize or control power by force.
  • The first leader to exploit such nationalism for political purposes was Slobodan Milošević, who used it to seize power as president of Serbia and demanded concessions to Serbia and Serbs by the other republics in the Yugoslav federation.

  • However, France was estranged; the Duke of Burgundy broke his positive promises; Milan was engrossed with the attempt to seize Genoa; Florence cynically advised the Pope to let the Turks and the Venetians wear each other out.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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