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Antonyms for captures
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : kap-cher |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæp tʃər |
Definition of captures
Origin :- 1795, from capture (n.); in chess, checkers, etc., 1820. Related: Captured; capturing. Earlier verb in this sense was captive (early 15c.).
- noun catching, forceful holding
- verb catch and forcefully hold
- I remembers when we captures him it's 239 the last spring round-up but one.
- Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
- Another animal was soon provided for me from the captures we had made.
- Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
- Any scene that didn't witness a couple of captures and a couple of rescues was no good.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Philippines » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- We are not short of money, thanks to the captures we have made.
- Extract from : « No Surrender! » by G. A. Henty
- The diagram (Fig. 76) will explain the way in which the earth makes her captures.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
- The value of these captures have been estimated at two millions.
- Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I » by Various
- Clearly the steamer could not be burned like other captures.
- Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
- It dwells in low shrubs and captures its quarry on the ground.
- Extract from : « Birds of the Indian Hills » by Douglas Dewar
- We found that she had been out on a cruise for some time, but, like us, had not made any captures.
- Extract from : « Hurricane Hurry » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The man, who captures the Israelite, will get fifteen florins.
- Extract from : « A Word Only A Word, Complete » by Georg Ebers
Synonyms for captures
- abduction
- acquirement
- acquisition
- apprehend
- apprehension
- appropriating
- appropriation
- arrest
- bag
- bust
- catch
- collar
- commandeering
- confiscation
- conquer
- cop
- drop
- ensnaring
- fall
- gain control
- gaining
- get
- grab
- grasping
- hit the jackpot
- hook
- imprisonment
- knock off
- land
- laying hold of
- nab
- nail
- net
- obtaining
- occupation
- occupy
- overwhelm
- pick up
- pinch
- prehend
- pull
- pull in
- put the cuffs on
- round up
- run in
- secure
- securing
- seize
- seizing
- seizure
- snare
- snatch
- snatching
- sweep
- take
- take captive
- take into custody
- take prisoner
- taking
- taking captive
- taking into custody
- trap
- trapping
- trip
- tumble
- winning
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