immobilize
to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
to prevent the use, activity, or movement of: The hurricane immobilized the airlines.
to deprive of the capacity for mobilization: The troops were immobilized by the enemy.
Medicine/Medical. to prevent, restrict, or reduce normal movement in (the body, a limb, or a joint), as by a splint, cast, or prescribed bed rest.
to render (an opponent's strategy) ineffective; stymie.
Finance.
to establish a monetary reserve by withdrawing (specie) from circulation.
to create fixed capital in place of (circulating capital).
Origin of immobilize
1- Also especially British, im·mo·bi·lise .
Other words from immobilize
- im·mo·bi·li·za·tion, noun
- im·mo·bi·liz·er, noun
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How to use immobilize in a sentence
For that reason, the spacecraft was loaded with navigation software to guide it to a safe spot in an area that features 200-foot cliffs, gullies, boulders and sand-filled craters that could potentially immobilize it.
NASA rover Perseverance lands on Mars in mission to search for past life | Joel Achenbach, Sarah Kaplan, Ben Guarino | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostCreatine, an amino acid, may help prevent muscle loss, especially while a limb is immobilized.
Even with the hippo immobilized, it was surprisingly difficult to locate his, ahem, parts.
Invasion of the hippos: Colombia is running out of time to tackle Pablo Escobar’s wildest legacy | Sarah Kaplan | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostBroken and immobilized in the pool below Howick Falls, Corliss said, he’d lain perfectly awake as freshwater crabs dug into his torn flesh.
Whatever one calls it, all of this uncertainty can immobilize young people when they feel they can do nothing to fix it.
Generation Z is ‘traumatized’ by climate change—and they’re the key to fighting it | matthewheimer | August 19, 2020 | Fortune
There was no immobilization of women in the early Islamic era.
Saudi Olympic Athletes Test Kingdom's Dedication To Gender Apartheid | Qanta Ahmed | August 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTImmobilization of the broken parts of the bone is the object sought.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixIn cases of strains of tendons, during the acute stage, immobilization of the affected parts is in order.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixIn fractures of the shaft of the humerus, then, it is apparent that immobilization is very difficult if at all possible.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixHowever, reduction and immobilization of this as in all fractures, must be done without delay.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixImmobilization as for fracture is not necessary but, nevertheless, movement is to be restricted as much as possible.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor Lacroix
British Dictionary definitions for immobilize
immobilise
/ (ɪˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz) /
to make or become immobile: to immobilize a car
finance
to remove (specie) from circulation and hold it as a reserve
to convert (circulating capital) into fixed capital
Derived forms of immobilize
- immobilization or immobilisation, noun
- immobilizer or immobiliser, noun
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