Adjective arresting has 1 sense
  1. arresting, sensational, stunning - commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"
    Antonym: unimpressive (indirect, via impressive)
,Verb arrest has 4 senses
  1. collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
    --1 is one way to seize, prehend, clutch
    Derived form: noun arrest1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back - hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
    --2 is one way to defend
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. catch, arrest, get - attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
    --3 is one way to attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  4. halt, hold, arrest - cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
    --4 is one way to stop
    Derived form: noun arrester1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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