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arrest
'arrest' - used as a noun
1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
2. the state of inactivity following an interruption
the negotiations were in arrest

'arrest' - used as a verb
3. take into custody
4. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Arrest the downward trend
5. attract and fix
6. cause to stop
Arrest the progress

derived forms
1. Arrest / Plural
arrests
2. Arrest / Past
arrested
3. Arrest / Third Person
arrests
4. Arrest / Present Participle
arresting
Variations of 'arrest'
 
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The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. - Click here to find out.
Fact of the day
In 2000, there were 1,579,566 drug arrests in the United States. Of those, close to half were for marijuana.