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arrest

1. noun /əˈɹɛst/

a) A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something

b) The condition of being stopped, standstill.

2. verb /əˈɹɛst/

a) To stop (a process, course etc.).

To try to arrest the spiral of violence, I contacted Chief Buthelezi to arrange a meeting.

b) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.

Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …Western reason had entered the age of judgement.

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