arrested meaning
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US WArrested
- (Arrestedidid)
- VerbBFarrestSGarrestsPRarresting
- simple past tense and past participle of arrest.
- simple past tense and past participle of arrest.
- AdjectiveBFarrest
- Having been stopped or prevented from developing; terminated prematurely.
- Having been placed under arrest, or having been charged with a crime.
- Having been stopped or prevented from developing; terminated prematurely.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Failure of Eg5 function leads to cell cycle arrest in mitosis with monoastral microtubule arrays.
- He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.
- It took the police an hour to arrest the whole streetful of rioters.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The outpatient went off his meds and got arrested.
- The protester shouted, “Don't give in to the pigs!” as he was arrested.
- The someones we have been talking about have been arrested.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of arrested in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "arrested" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.