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Adjective arresting has 1 sense
- arresting, sensational, stunning - commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"
Antonym: unimpressive (indirect, via impressive)
Verb arrest has 4 senses
- collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
--1 is one way to seize, prehend, clutch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back - hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
--2 is one way to defend
Sample sentences:
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- catch, arrest, get - attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
--3 is one way to attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
Sample sentences:
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- halt, hold, arrest - cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
--4 is one way to stop
Sample sentences:
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