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  1. v. figuratively To stop functioning; to come to a halt.
  2. v. To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move.
  3. v. of a machine To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.

Examples

  • “Gornt felt a sudden glow as he remembered the white hot thrill he had felt watching the road race, knowing that any moment the tai-pan's engine would seize up — watching the cars howl past lap after lap, and then Dunross, the leader, not coming in his turn — then waiting and hoping and then the news that he had spun out at Melco Hairpin in a metal screaming crash when his engine went.”

    Noble House

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Words with the same meaning

  1. freeze
  1. grind to a halt
  1. freeze up

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. swoop
  2. rape
  1. devour
  2. catch
  1. peck
  2. take
  1. chop
  2. upsnatch
  1. gobble
  2. pull

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