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arresting meaning

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  • Arresting is a small rural village in the Kelheim district of Lower Bavaria, first mentioned in 1086. It is situated about 7 km north of Neustadt an der Donau, on the left bank of the Danube. There are some 130 inhabitants.
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    Definition of arresting in English Dictionary

  • VerbBFarrestSGarrestsPT, PParrestedSUF-ing
    1. present participle of arrest.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Besides, miR-335-5p was a pro-apoptotic and antimitogenic factor in the brain and induced cell cycle arrest in human cancer cells or suppressed cell proliferation in prostate cancer.
        • I'd like to speak to the head of the department. Police arrested the head of the gang in a raid last night.
        • In 2009 Tsarnaev was reportedly arrested for assaulting his girlfriend.
      2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • The outpatient went off his meds and got arrested.
        • The someones we have been talking about have been arrested.
        • The protester shouted, “Don't give in to the pigs!” as he was arrested.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs
        • Verb forms
          • Participles
            • Present participles
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      1. en arrestingly
      2. en arrestingness
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of arresting for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "arresting" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
      Definiteness: Level 1
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