ĩgwatĩra

v.

1. seize, capture. Seize. To take possession of by force; to capture or conquer a place or territory.

Example: Arĩĩkia kwĩgwatĩra itũũra rĩa Jazeri na matũũra marĩa maarigiicĩirie, agĩcooka Judea. (After seizing Jazer and its villages, he returned to Judea.); Ũrĩa ũtahiũhaga kũrakara nĩ mwega kũrĩ njamba; ũcio ũhotaga gwatha ngoro yake akĩrĩte ũrĩa wa kwĩgwatĩra itũũra. (The patient are better than warriors, and those who rule their temper, better than the conqueror of a city.)