What is the difference between Cease and Seize and Siege?
What is the difference between Cease and Seize and Siege? :
Cease : (verb)
( 1 ) Stop
Come or bring something to an end
The officer ordered his men cease fire.
That office was ceased to exist.
Seize : (verb)
( 1 ) Take hold of something suddenly and violently
Grab
She seized me by the wrist.
( 2 ) Take stolen goods, illegal drugs, etc…away from someone
10 kilos of heroin were seized yesterday at the airport.
( 3 ) Capture something
Take
The enemy troops seized the airport in a surprise attack.
( 4 ) See an opportunity, etc… and make use of it eagerly and at once
Seize any opening you can.
( 5 ) Affect someone
Suddenly and overwhelmingly
Panic seized us.
We were seized by a sudden impulse to run.
Siege : (noun)
( 1 ) Surrounding of a town, etc… by armed forces in order to capture it or force it to surrender
The town was under the siege for ten days.