Arrest
Arrest verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.
Usage example: cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion
Block is a synonym for arrest in stop topic. In some cases you can use "Block" instead the word "Arrest" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like impede, hinder, stop or slow.
Block
Block noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
Usage example: constant bickering that is only a block to the completion of the project
Arrest is a synonym for block in hinder topic. Sometimes you can use "Arrest" instead the word "Block" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as action, obstruct, impede.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good arrest | good block |
| full | full arrest | full block |
| perfect | perfect arrest | perfect block |
| real | real arrest | real block |
| Other adjectives: successful, big, secret, major, final, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This is the biggest stumbling block in most portrayals of Miranda rights: they have nothing to do with arrest, but questioning.
Source: Hollywood Law -
She's married with a family and lives a dreary life in a City Block, unable to use her psychic powers for much of anything lest the Judges arrest her and fry her brain.
Source: What If? -
In "Home Sweet Home," the arrest of a Rikers Island corrections officer for a DWI traffic stop and discovery of drugs in his car leads to the discovery of a drug trafficking ring in the Riker's Island C-Block.
Source: Series / Blue Bloods
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