The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WREST which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2020.
Seize forcibly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WREST | 63 % | 5 |
| USURP | 25 % | 5 |
| GRAB | 13 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Seize forcibly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- grab
- usurp
- wrest
- hijack
- hijacking
- ravish
- ravished
- snatch
- snatching
- bite
- grabbing
- capture
Crossword Answer definitions
WREST noun- The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
- A key to tune a stringed instrument.
- Active or motive power.
- Short for saw wrest; a saw set.
- To pull or twist violently.
- To obtain by pulling or violent force.
- To seize.
- To distort, to pervert, to twist.
- To tune with a wrest, or key.
- A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined.
- A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing out the furrow; the mouldboard itself.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result WREST
- Take forcefully
- Take by force
- Pull (from)
- Forcibly take
- Appropriate by force
- Yank away
- Take away
- Take away forcibly
- Seize by force
- Seize forcibly
More clues leading to the result USURP
- Appropriate
- Seize and hold
- Take by force
- Assume by force
- Commandeer
- Seize
- Ignore copyrights
- Stage a hostile takeover
- Preempt
- Seize, as the throne