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arrest meaning in Sinhala

අත්අඩංගුවට ataḍaṁguwaṭa

/əˈɹɛst/

arrest in Sinhala: අත්අඩංගුවට (ataḍaṁguwaṭa), අල්ලනවා (allanawā). In English, arrest means a check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.

Sinhala words for arrest

arrest
අත්අඩංගුවට ataḍaṁguwaṭa
to arrest
අල්ලනවා allanawā

English meaning of arrest

  1. noun A check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.
  2. noun The condition of being stopped, standstill.
  3. noun The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
  4. noun A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

Full definition of arrest

arrest in a sentence

  • cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest
  • State police made a total of 15 drug-related arrests across the city.
  • The police have arrested a suspect in the murder inquiry.

Synonyms of arrest

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Questions about arrest in Sinhala

What is the meaning of arrest in Sinhala?
Arrest in Sinhala is අත්අඩංගුවට (ataḍaṁguwaṭa), අල්ලනවා (allanawā).
arrest යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Arrest: අත්අඩංගුවට (ataḍaṁguwaṭa), අල්ලනවා (allanawā).
What does arrest mean in English?
Arrest means a check; a stop; an act or instance of arresting something.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “arrest”: අත්අඩංගුවට, අල්ලනවා. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: arrest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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