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Sentence examples for capture from inspiring English sources

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capture

verb

To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

  • To capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal
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The word "capture" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it as a verb to mean to take possession of something, as in "She captured the enemy flag during the battle".

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The champions are certain to strengthen once again this summer – indeed, they already have with the capture of Fernando Llorente on a free transfer.

Cauchetier liked to capture the conversations and the rows.

Farc has been increasing its activities, including the killing of two unarmed members of the Nasa indigenous community and last week the capture of two soldiers after combat.

Farage is in a swing through northern cities in a bid to capture the Labour vote, and will not welcome this distraction in the opening days of a campaign in which he is hoping to cause a political earthquake by coming first in the popular vote in the European elections.

ReachTel polling in Indi, a vast electorate in Victoria's north-east that encompasses Wangaratta, Wodonga and part of the state's snowfields, showed that McGowan is set to capture 25% of the primary vote, with Mirabella on 47%, down from the 52.62% of the primary vote she won in 2010.

"We were able to capture short video clips of lesula behaving naturally in the wild.

White threatens to take on b5, winning another pawn and at the same time liberating knight and bishop, so Black's first move looks obvious: 1…b4, exploiting the pin on the long diagonal and threatening to capture on c3.

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