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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kap-cher |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæp tʃər |
Definition of capturing
Origin :- 1540s, from Middle French capture "a taking," from Latin captura "a taking" (especially of animals), from captus (see captive).
- verb catch and forcefully hold
- What hope can an army, however great, have of capturing such a place?
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- It was in these seas that she succeeded in capturing a British merchantman.
- Extract from : « Submarine Warfare of To-day » by Charles W. Domville-Fife
- This was as near as the expedition ever came to capturing Richmond.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
- Martella, I am now ready to join you in capturing the tugboat.
- Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
- How the men would laugh at him for capturing a negro and a girl!
- Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane
- The capturing net is the one to which we are most accustomed.
- Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
- Upon his appearance they fled, but he followed and was successful in capturing some of them.
- Extract from : « Old Fort Snelling » by Marcus L. Hansen
- She flushes, extricates herself by capturing his bishop, and looks triumphant.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- What has been all the talk of the last ten years but of capturing German trade.
- Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
- His only chance, therefore, of capturing her was to take a spar out of her.
- Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty
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