arrestation
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Bandy X. Lee: The authoritarian mindset is a familiar arrestation in or regression to an earlier stage of development.
From Salon ● May 24, 2019
When the telephone rang its always mysterious call, she went to it with a tense arrestation of her nerves expectant of his voice, fearing—hoping.
From The Salamander by Owen Johnson
Similar arrestation of the functions of the roots may be brought about by removing the oxygen from the soil around the root-hairs, and replacing it by carbon-dioxide, or the vapour of chloroform.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
"General, "Permit me to remind you that I am yet a prisoner in this place, and that it is now one year since my arrestation.
From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Ernest Scott
The guard came about a month after in the night, and took away the landlord Georgeit; and the scene in the house finished with the arrestation of myself.
From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine
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