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arresting

/əˈrɛstɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/əˈrɛstɪŋ/

əˈrɛstɪŋ

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

ə - ˈrɛstɪŋ -> arresting

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ညှို့ဓာတ်ပါသော။ ဖမ်းစားသော။ (v[ing]) ဖမ်းဆီးနေ

Full entry

arrest /ǝ'rest/ v

၁။ ~ sb (for sth) ဖမ်းဆီးသည်။
After the match three youths were arrested. ❍ Five people were arrested for drugs-related offences.
၂။ (fml ) ရပ်စေ သည်။ တန့်စေသည်။
arrest a decline in share prices ❍ Attempts are being made to arrest the spread of the disease.
၃။ (fml ) အာရုံကို ဖမ်းစားသည်။
An unusual painting arrested his attention.
n [U, C]
၁။ ဖမ်းဆီးခြင်း။ အဖမ်းအဆီး။ The police made several arrests. ❍ They were charged with resisting arrest. ❍ A warrant was issued for his arrest. ❍ They are under arrest (ie being held by the police before trial) (for attempted burglary). See also CITIZEN'S ARREST, HOUSE ARREST
၂။ ရပ်တန့်ခြင်း။ He died after suffering a cardiac arrest (ie when his heart stopped functioning properly).
❏ arresting adj ညှို့ဓာတ်ပါသော။ ဖမ်းစားသော။ an arresting smile.

More examples

Police raided the store at dawn, arresting six men and seizing hundreds of pirated CDs.
[arrest someone for something] : He was arrested for possession of illegal drugs.
[arrest someone on charges/suspicion of something] : She has been arrested on suspicion of using a stolen credit card.
A cut in interest rates failed to arrest the decline in prices.

Synonyms

take into custody, seize, capture, detain, catch, hold, apprehend, take in for questioning, pick up, stop, absorb, accommodation, apprehension, appropriation, attract, bag, block, blockage, booby trap, book, brace, bring to an end, bust, can, captivity, cessation, check, checking, collar, commitment, confinement, constraint, crimp, custody, delay, detention, drop, end, engage, engross, fall, fascinate, fix, freeze, gaff, get, glom, grab, grip, halt, heat, hinder, hindrance, hook, impede, imprison, imprisonment, incarcerate, incarceration, inhibit, inhibition, interrupt, interruption, jail, jailing, kick, knock off, mitt, nab, nail, net, nick, nip, obstruct, obstruction, pickle, pinch, prevent, prevention, preventive custody, protective custody, pull, pull in, put the arm on, put the cuffs on, restrain, restraining, restraint, restrict, retard, round up, roust, run in, scrub, secure, seizure, sequestering, shut down, sidetrack, snag, snare, stall, stalling, stay, staying, stem, stoppage, suppress, suppression, suspension, sweep, tab, tag, take in, take prisoner, toss in jail

Antonyms

activate, activation, advance, aid, allow, assist, assistance, beginning, commencement, continuation, continue, eject, encourage, encouragement, exonerate, expedite, free, freedom, further, go, help, let go, letting go, liberate, liberation, loosen, lose, misunderstand, permit, promote, promotion, push, refusal, reject, release, repel, rise, start, take up, unfasten

Cross references

take into custody seize capture detain catch hold apprehend take in for questioning pick up stop absorb accommodation apprehension appropriation attract bag block blockage booby trap book brace bring to an end bust can captivity cessation check checking

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