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1. fire-resisting
adjective. difficult to burn.
Synonyms
- fire-retardant
- fire-resistive
- noncombustible
- incombustible
Antonyms
- comburent
- inflammable
- ignescent
- combustive
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Rhymes with Resisting Arrest
- self-professed
- transgressed
- unimpressed
- telequest
- stateswest
- intrawest
- eastern-west
- dispossessed
- unaddressed
- telewest
- repossessed
- reinvest
- progressed
- northwest
- indigest
- expressed
- distressed
- compressed
- undressed
- sylvest
- suppressed
- suggest
- southwest
- request
- repressed
- reassessed
- protest
- professed
- penwest
- norwest
Sentences with resisting-arrest
1. Noun Phrase
If the accusation of resisting arrest is in fact false, the charges can be defended in court.
2. Noun Phrase
For example, even if someone is being unlawfully arrested, assaulting the officer still counts as resisting arrest.
3. Noun Phrase
These actions can all be construed as resisting arrest:
4. Noun Phrase
These range from a hit-and-run accident to resisting arrest.
2. arrest
verb. ['ɝˈɛst'] take into custody.
Synonyms
- seize
- nab
- cop
- clutch
- collar
- apprehend
- nail
- pick up
Antonyms
- disconnect
- detach
- unhitch
- stand still
Etymology
- arester (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- arresto (Latin)
3. arrest
noun. ['ɝˈɛst'] the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).
Synonyms
- pinch
- collar
- apprehension
- taking into custody
- catch
- capture
- gaining control
Antonyms
- disagree
- derestrict
- stay
- go on
Etymology
- arester (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- arresto (Latin)
4. arrest
verb. ['ɝˈɛst'] hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.
Synonyms
- contain
- check
- cut out
- cut down
- defend
- turn back
- stop
Antonyms
- change
- travel
- move
- unfasten
Etymology
- arester (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- arresto (Latin)
5. arrest
verb. ['ɝˈɛst'] attract and fix.
Synonyms
- draw
- pull
- pull in
- catch
- get
- attract
Antonyms
- walk
- begin
- continue
- continuant consonant
Etymology
- arester (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- arresto (Latin)
6. arrest
noun. ['ɝˈɛst'] the state of inactivity following an interruption.
Synonyms
- stoppage
- check
- halt
- inactiveness
- inaction
- inactivity
- logjam
- stay
- hitch
- stop
Antonyms
- action
- activeness
- beginning
- fit
Etymology
- arester (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- arresto (Latin)
7. arrest
verb. ['ɝˈɛst'] cause to stop.
Synonyms
- hold
- stop
Antonyms
- free
- unclasp
- give
Etymology
- arester (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- arresto (Latin)