ARRESTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arresting mean? 

• ARRESTING (adjective)
  The adjective ARRESTING has 1 sense:

1. commanding attention

  Familiarity information: ARRESTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARRESTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Commanding attention

Synonyms:

arresting; sensational; stunning

Context example:

a stunning performance

Similar:

impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)

 Context examples 

Inhibition of Rb phosphorylation prevents CDK-mediated G1-S phase transition, thereby arresting the cell cycle in the G1 phase, suppressing DNA synthesis and inhibiting cancer cell growth.

(CDK4/6 Dual Inhibitor LY2835219, NCI Thesaurus)

Antineoplastic chemotherapy works by arresting or killing the growth and spread of cancer cells.

(Chemotherapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Ixabepilone binds to tubulin and promotes tubulin polymerization and microtubule stabilization, thereby arresting cells in the G2-M phase of the cell cycle and inducing tumor cell apoptosis.

(Ixabepilone, NCI Thesaurus)

There was something so big and arresting and virile in the man that the clatter and shouting died gradually away before his commanding gesture and his masterful eyes.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

CDK4 inhibitor P1446A-05 specifically inhibits CDK4-mediated G1-S phase transition, arresting cell cycling and inhibiting cancer cell growth.

(CDK4 Inhibitor P1446A-05, NCI Thesaurus)

You may or may not have just cause for arresting me, said he, but at least there can be no reason why I should submit to the gibes of this person.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“So you despair of arresting the murderer of poor Straker,” said he.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“That is good enough for the moment. When we have him by the heels we can see if New York can’t help us to keep him. I’ll take the responsibility of arresting him now.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Perillyl alcohol inhibits farnesyl transferase and geranylgeranyl transferase, thereby preventing post-translational protein farnesylation and isoprenylation and activation of oncoproteins such as p21-ras, and arresting tumor cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle.

(Perillyl alcohol, NCI Thesaurus)

One mistake had been made in not arresting Boone instantly, as he was allowed some few minutes during which he might have communicated with his friend the Lascar, but this fault was soon remedied, and he was seized and searched, without anything being found which could incriminate him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)