to arrest

Examples

• All

• Conservation is ultimately about safeguarding biodiversity by arresting and reversing the impacts of threatening processes.

  Academic text (2011)

• The government implemented measures to arrest the economic decline by creating new jobs.

• First of all, you need to arrest this, you want it to stop.

  Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man (2020)

• But I'm telling you, we are not going to arrest our way out of this.

• In response, the supreme ruler ordered local Czech troops to arrest all its members.

• For example, David Sohappy was arrested for fishing with a net in violation of state regulations.

  Academic text (2017)

• Many leading businessmen of the country were arrested immediately, and their commercial bank shares were confiscated.

  Academic text (1992)

• They arrested Sebastian and accused him of falsifying tax documents.

  Made in Romania (2010)

• Criminal, tax, and anti-subversion laws are routinely used to arrest labor organizers or union lawyers during negotiations.

  Academic text (1994)

• Efforts were made to arrest the decline in population by promoting family-friendly policies.

Synonyms

S

to stop

vsto arrest

∞ 1.0

To make something end and not continue

is about bringing progress to a standstill or slowing its spread

C

to contain

vsto arrest

388 3.5

To keep something dangerous from spreading or getting worse

is more general, applying to any progress, movement, or spread

H

to halt

vsto arrest

206 2.4

To stop moving or make something stop moving

is broader, covering both stopping and checking onward movement

H

to hold back

vsto arrest

187 3.2

Stop someone or something from moving forward

is about stopping or checking progress rather than only preventing forward steps

C

to check

vsto arrest

104 3.7

Stop something from growing or spreading

focuses more generally on stopping or checking progress or spread

S

to subdue

vsto arrest

37 5.5

To bring a person or thing under control, often by force

focuses on stopping or checking progress rather than physical domination

T

to turn back

vsto arrest

17 2.0

To stop someone from going forward or entering

is about stopping or checking movement or spread without implying reversal

Q

to quash

vsto arrest

• Formal

8 8.1

Forcefully stop something like a protest or rumor

can mean stopping progress but also includes milder checking or slowing

Antonyms

C

to continue

∞ 1.0

To keep doing something without stopping

A

to advance

417 3.4

To help something move forward or become better

Compounds

H

house arrest

• Formal

49 4.0

A legal order to stay at home instead of going to prison

C

cardiac arrest

• Specialized

48 3.7

A sudden stop of the heart that stops blood flow and can cause death if not treated

A

arrest warrant

• Formal

42 3.8

A paper from a judge that lets police take a person to a station and bring them to court

R

resisting arrest

• Formal

25 7.0

To use physical force against the police when they try to arrest you

C

cardiopulmonary arrest

• Specialized

1 5.4

When the heart and lungs suddenly stop working, breathing and heartbeat stop

How Complete

stop

310 1.0

to arrest

33 3.9

to check

104 3.7

to inhibit

30 5.4

to slow

957 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology