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

Example sentences :

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

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