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Commit and Capture

verb

  • Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
    • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
    • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
    • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • Confer a trust upon.
    • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • Make an investment.
    • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • Engage in or perform.
    • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

noun

  • The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property.
  • A process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field.
  • Any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle.
  • The act of taking of a person by force.
  • The removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board.

verb

  • Succeed in representing or expressing something intangible.
    • usage: "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"
  • Attract; cause to be enamored.
    • usage: "She captured all the men's hearts"
  • Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase.
    • usage: "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief"
  • Bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit.
    • usage: "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"
  • Take possession of by force, as after an invasion.
    • usage: "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
  • Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping.
    • usage: "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"