capture
verb (used with object)
to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.
captured
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past participleof capture.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof capture.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
captureverb (used with object)to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.
Example Sentences
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Crawzilla is the creature's actual common name, and Bloomer was convinced she had captured the largest crayfish ever documented.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
But it also linked Prince to operations in January 2026 to retake Uvira, a major South Kivu city briefly captured by the M23.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Leiters said no English word captured the “entrepreneurial mindset, the willingness to put in hard work,” that he wanted to convey with “Schmiede,” which shares linguistic roots with the English “smithy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
This was not an exhaustive search, and it is likely that there are more investigations into incidents of harm that were not captured in our search.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
She leaned in close and whispered in his ear, “I really am on your side. Completely. You deserve to know the truth. So pretend that you captured me.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
