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immobilize
[ ih-moh-buh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- to prevent the use, activity, or movement of:
The hurricane immobilized the airlines.
- to deprive of the capacity for mobilization:
The troops were immobilized by the enemy.
- Medicine/Medical. to prevent, restrict, or reduce normal movement in (the body, a limb, or a joint), as by a splint, cast, or prescribed bed rest.
- to render (an opponent's strategy) ineffective; stymie.
- Finance.
- to establish a monetary reserve by withdrawing (specie) from circulation.
- to create fixed capital in place of (circulating capital).
immobilize
/ ɪˈəʊɪˌɪ /
verb
- to make or become immobile
to immobilize a car
- finance
- to remove (specie) from circulation and hold it as a reserve
- to convert (circulating capital) into fixed capital
Derived Forms
- ˈDzˌ, noun
- ˌDzˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·b··tDz noun
- ·b·e noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of immobilize1
Example Sentences
He’s been immobilized by a hip injury, and looked up quizzically from his bed.
After a failed PIT maneuver to immobilize the car in the parking lot, the burglars fled, purposely hitting a police vehicle to get away, police said.
Fine, immobilized by multiple sclerosis, didn’t know the names of the responders, but said she wanted to “shout-out” to all of them.
When Campos asked why the agent had immobilized his vehicle, the agent replied, “I’m not going to argue with you, bro. You did what you did, I did what I did.”
They claimed that he “felt a sensation akin to drowning while immobilized but conscious” during his execution.
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