capture
verb (used with object)
to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize.
capturer
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a word derived from
capture.
Example Sentences
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He’s just such an extraordinary capturer of what it means to be a human being and to love and to believe in art.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
Current methods of orbital capture usually require intense control of both the capturer and the target object.
From Slate ● May 19, 2021
But the corpse was the bailiff's property, till his claim was paid, and nought but the money would soften the iron capturer.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 by Philip Wharton
Many natives, however—particularly an old Rarotongan named Hapai, who lived in Apia, and was the proud capturer of several tănifa —gave me a reliable description, which I afterwards verified.
From By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories by Louis Becke
In composition, in expression and essence, this boy was that free and fascinating creature, the born adventurer—high of courage, prodigal of emotion, capturer of the world's loot.
From Max by Katherine Cecil Thurston
