1seize up
To stop functioning; to come to a halt.
Iceland's foreign currency market has seized up after the three largest banks collapsed.
2seize up
To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move.
It was hard to write as my fingers had seized up with the cold weather.
3seize up
To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.
My car seized up this morning. So I had to catch the bus.
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