Immobilize

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving..

Definitions by Sense

1. To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
2. To render incapable of action.
3. To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it
4. (finance) To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable.

Example Sentences

It is best to immobilize the injury until a doctor can examine it.

[…]two Russian armies would advance into East Prussia, one westward from the Niemen, the other northward from the Narew, with the object of encircling and immobilizing all enemy forces there.

Zinc oxide is biosafe and, therefore, there are no toxic effects for biomedical applications that immobilize and modify biomolecules (Kumar and Shen, 2008).

This is how Alzheimer's transforms encyclopedians into vegetables, how Parkinson's immobilizes triatheletes.

Fully autonomous vehicles have raised safety concerns. California enacted a law this year that will, among other things, require manufacturers to continuously monitor every autonomous vehicle on the road and designate a remote human operator to immobilize a vehicle if necessary.

It's clear from these [budget] cuts that the MCAD is virtually immobilized as an effective organization for at least the next year.

Don't immobilize your capital in aging accounts.

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Word Forms

• immobilizes
• immobilizing
• immobilized
• immobilise

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