Definition of "arrestor" [arrestor]

• Alternative form of arrester. (noun)
• - A buffer stop. (noun)

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• "Fleiss: One of the birds chewed the spark arrestor off of the chimney, and you'll see it just went up like gasoline."
• "BP restarted the collection aboard the ship effort early Saturday, after cleaning a blocked flame arrestor"
• "Similar to the MOVs, some surge protectors use a gas discharge arrestor or gas tube, which acts similarly to an MOV since the gas in the tube becomes ionized, and less resistance to electricity flow permits over-voltage energy to flow to the physical ground."