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Arrest

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
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2.NounThe condition of being stopped, standstill.
"cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest"
3.NounThe process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
"State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city."
4.NounA confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
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5.NounA device to physically arrest motion.
6.NounThe judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
7.NounAny seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
8.NounA scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
9.VerbTo stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
10.VerbTo stay, remain.
11.VerbTo stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
12.VerbTo seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
"The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.; The suspect merchant ship has been arrested by customs officers."
13.VerbTo catch the attention of.
14.VerbTo undergo cardiac arrest.
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