Also means
to arrest
Usage Note
Arrêter means both to stop an action and to arrest someone, with context telling them apart. The blunt arrête ! is the everyday 'stop it!', sans arrêt means nonstop, and the reflexive s'arrêter is what a train or car does when it halts.
Examples
"Arrête de crier."
Natural Translation
Stop shouting.
Literal Translation
Stop to-cry
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