arrestment

noun

Definition of arrestmentnext
1
as in arrest
the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law the arrestment of the bank president for embezzlement was accomplished as quietly as possible

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2
as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity the arrestment of all brain activity in the patient

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  1. arrest
  2. cessation
  3. halt
  4. ending
Noun
  • Givens' own account in the arrest warrant, as this paper reported, adds a wrinkle to the story.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
  • For Wilson and his family, the arrests mark progress, not closure.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of arrest
Noun
  • To guard against overreach, behavioral benchmarking could be limited to areas with overwhelming scientific consensus, such as smoking cessation and childhood vaccination.
    — Jessica Fishman, STAT, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The Navy has used the cessation of hostilities to restock ships with munitions and supplies, completing a significant replenishment of weapons for the USS George Washington last week.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of cessation
Noun
  • On her second flight to Iwo Jima, her aircraft blew a tire on landing and skidded to a halt.
    — Leah Garrett, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • South Korea’s Kospi index tumbled more than 8%, triggering a temporary market-wide trading halt.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of halt
Noun
  • This script justifies that lame happy ending with a clever idea about the radiation sickness that results from suffering a blast of the creature’s atomic breath.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Club Kid takes some surprising turns on the way to its delicately shaded ending.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of ending
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“Arrestment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrestment. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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