• v.
    ⦿hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
    lexical concept
  • Arrest the downward trend
  • Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
  • Contain the rebel movement
  • Turn back the tide of communism

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:arrest
  2. enl:check
  3. enl:contain
  4. enl:hold back
  5. enl:stop
  6. enl:turn back
wn:interlingual indexili:i27259

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • arrestcontain
  • arrestcheckcontainhold backstopturn back