Arrested
Arrested adjective - Taken and held prisoner.
Occasional and arrested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Occasional" instead an adjective "Arrested".
Occasional
Occasional adjective - Lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence.
Arrested and occasional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arrested" instead an adjective "Occasional".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- broken and arrested
- broken and occasional
- alternate and arrested
- alternate and occasional
- intermittent and arrested
- intermittent and occasional
- sporadic and arrested
- sporadic and occasional
- infrequent and arrested
- infrequent and occasional
- spasmodic and arrested
- spasmodic and occasional
- hit-or-miss and arrested
- hit-or-miss and occasional
Both words in one sentence
- After being arrested, Sebastian Moran provides occasional assistance to Sherlock in search for his mysterious employer.
Source: The Mob Boss Is Scarier -
This didn't work as well as he hoped, losing the fight and getting arrested, bruised and most likely deafened from the occasional headshot clanging off his armor.
Source: Guns Akimbo -
And in the case of the occasional Asshole Victim, it bites that someone's being arrested for killing someone who probably got what he or she deserved.
Source: Series / Cold Case
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