Definition of arrest

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Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development..

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Halt :: Halt (n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress..
Arrester :: Arrester (n.) One who arrests.
Dashy :: Dashy (a.) Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
Tampon :: Tampon (n.) A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine..
Arrestation :: Arrestation (n.) Arrest.
Caption :: Caption (n.) The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
Protection :: Protection (n.) A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.
Arret :: Arret (n.) An arrest; a legal seizure.
Rest :: Rest (v. t.) To arrest.
Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..
Arrested :: Arrested (imp. & p. p.) of Arres.
Acupressure :: Acupressure (n.) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development..
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached..
Jerk :: "Jerk (v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off..
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
Hemostatic :: Hemostatic (n.) A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
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