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What does arresting mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of arrest
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Most composers from Bach on play the double game of creating arresting individual variations and a rhetorically dramatic whole.
On his election as prime minister, Aznar engaged a policy of repression towards ETA, arresting its leaders and main supporters.
Some resisted and Cromwell himself attacked them, arresting three and executing one.
On April 10, the forestry police finally became wise to the situation and raided the restaurant, arresting the owner and 20 employees.
Police also went on the rampage after the demonstration, attacking shoppers and arresting children.
It makes for an arresting and accomplished film with some truly outstanding acting along the way.

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