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immunized

[ im-yuh-nahyzd ]

adjective

  1. protected from a disease or the like:

    Measles is rare among immunized patients, especially those who have had two doses of the vaccine.

  2. exempt, shielded, or protected:

    Almost all major U.S. and EU passenger airlines are now members of immunized alliances that exempt them from certain antitrust laws.

  3. Law. having or relating to exemption from criminal prosecution, legal liability, or punishment on certain conditions:

    Executives of the company were also indicted, but escaped trial after giving immunized testimony against state officials.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴDz···Ծ adjective
  • ܲ···Ծ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of immunized1

First recorded in 1890–95; immunize ( def ) + -ed 2( def )
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Example Sentences

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California reported a decline last year in the share of kindergarten students who were immunized against measles, despite strict laws that make it difficult for parents to skip shots for their children.

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The bipartisan commitment to public education had effectively immunized it.

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“There are five childhood diseases all kids are supposed to be immunized from under the age of five, because children die first in the famine, then pregnant women and lactating mothers,” Natsios said.

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The infection is so contagious that at least 95% of a community needs to be immunized to prevent it from spreading.

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None of that has immunized the lowly smelt from its most obdurate enemy: partisan folly.

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