Arrested and Opposed

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Arrested adjective - Taken and held prisoner.

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Opposed and arrested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opposed" instead a verb "Arrested".

Nearby Words: arrest, arresting, arrester

Opposed adjective - Being in opposition or having an opponent.

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Arrested and opposed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arrested" instead a verb "Opposed".

Consider this is a world where Gromit can be arrested for sheep murder (as opposed to being put down) and publishers print Electronics For Dogs handyman books.

Source: Western Animation / Shaun the Sheep
The moment Callie attempts to change what has happened as opposed to manipulating what will happen, she fails in rather spectacular fashion and is arrested for double homicide.

Source: Film / Time Lapse
In addition, the two aunts, who at the end of the play are all committed to Happy Dale, a fairly comfortable sanitarium, as opposed to being arrested or committed to a hospital for the criminally insane.

Source: Theatre / Arsenic and Old Lace

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