immobilize
verb (used with object)
to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
had immobilized
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past perfectof immobilize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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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.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
Earlier this year, I wrote about how the region’s fragmented system had immobilized tens of thousands of carless residents.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2016
While war had immobilized most of the world's architects, Niemeyer and Brazil had been building.
From Time Magazine Archive
The snow that had blinded them during the German breakthrough, the ice that had immobilized their trucks turned into deep slush and mud through which they slid and slithered.
From Time Magazine Archive
One might think that the fear of losing us had immobilized her globe, and prevented her from turning.
From Astronomy for Amateurs by Frances A. (Frances Alice) Welby
