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noun a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier
originEtymology tree English arrest Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English arrester From arrest + -er.
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