commandeer
Example Sentences
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American forces are taking at least some of the commandeered tankers to Texas.
One more thing: Because they haven’t lived through it, many might be surprised how close to the surface are contingencies that would totally commandeer the U.S. economy and politics for the next few years.
All my attention, however, is quickly commandeered by Autumn when she shudders on the ground.
From Literature
He’s hoping to commandeer another part of their basement, one currently reserved for their cats.
Then the spring from where they drank was commandeered for the settlement’s use, even as the thousands of square miles open to his livestock shrank with every passing year.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
