About The Word Immobilize

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Immobilize

Immobilize Meaning & Definition
Immobilize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Immobilize?

[v] cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"
[v] prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
[v] convert (assets) into fixed capital
[v] make defenseless
[v] to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
[v] hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital

Synonyms | Synonyms for Immobilize: block | freeze | immobilise | immobilise | immobilise | immobilise | pin | trap

Related Terms | Find terms related to Immobilize: balance | ballast | counterbalance | cripple | disable | disarm | firm | firm up | freeze | hold | incapacitate | keep | nail down | pin down | prostrate | retain | stabilitate | stabilize | steady | stick | transfix

See Also | beat | beat out | change over | convert | crush | curb | curtail | cut back | keep back | keep back | paralyse | paralyze | restrict | shell | stun | stupefy | trounce | vanquish | withhold | withhold

Immobilize In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*mob"i*lize\, v. t. [Pref. im- in + mobilize; cf. f. immobiliser.] To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.

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