8 sentences with 'seizure'
Example sentences and phrases with the word seizure and other words derived from it.
• « Not surprisingly, the Carthaginians wanted revenge, not only for their loss in the war but for Rome's seizure of Corsica and Sardinia. »
• « A symptom of the Sassanid state's success is its longevity in the face of almost constant challenges: it lasted from the Sassanid seizure of power in 220 CE until it was conquered during the Arab invasions in 651 CE. »
• « Note here that the Dutch seizure of the Cape of Good Hope was the historical origin of the modern nation of South Africa - these were the first permanent European settlers. »
• « The seizure of Bengal began the slow advance of British power: tax revenues supplemented mercantile income, allowing the British to hire tens of thousands of sepoys (Indian mercenaries), who were armed with modern European weapons. »
• « His wars in the late 17th century resulted in the seizure of small territories around existing French borders, especially in the Pyrenees. »
• « Wars were fought explicitly in the name of conquest of power and territory, often territory spanning multiple continents (as in Britain's seizure of French territory in both the Americas and India). »
• « Contemporary far-right parties have yet to enjoy the kind of electoral breakthrough that laid the groundwork for (to cite an obvious example) the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. »