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1. Commanding attention
   "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals";
   - sensational, stunning

1. Take into custody
   "the police arrested the suspected criminals";
   - collar, nail, apprehend, pick up, nab, cop, pinch [Brit], nick [Brit]
    
2. Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
   "Arrest the downward trend";
   - check, turn back, stop, contain, hold back
    
3. Attract and fix
   "His look arrested her";
   - catch, get
    
4. Cause to stop
   "Arrest the progress";
   - halt, hold

See also: impressive

Type of: attract, clutch, defend, draw, draw in, prehend [archaic], pull, pull in, seize, stop

Encyclopedia: Arresting