To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
To catch the attention of.
To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
To undergo cardiac arrest.
The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
A device to physically arrest motion.
The condition of being stopped, standstill.
A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).
To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required).
Synonym of obviative
Synonym of obviative