Immobilize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Immobilize is a verb meaning To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
Meaning
To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
More Meanings
- To render incapable of action.
- To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it
- (finance) To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable.
Example Sentences
Don't immobilize your capital in aging accounts.
It is best to immobilize the injury until a doctor can examine it.
This is how Alzheimer's transforms encyclopedians into vegetables, how Parkinson's immobilizes triatheletes.
It's clear from these [budget] cuts that the MCAD is virtually immobilized as an effective organization for at least the next year.
Word Forms
- immobilizes
- immobilizing
- immobilized
- immobilise
Synonyms for immobilize
Depending on context, synonyms include freeze, halt, stop, arrest, draw up, trap.
Antonyms for immobilize
Common opposites include accelerate, continue, move, free, release, unblock.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trap, freeze, block, pin, stop, restrain.
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