immobilize
verb (used with object)
to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
immobilizer
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a word derived from
immobilize.
Example Sentences
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Lincoln stood so high at 6-foot-4 that no immobilizer could reach his neck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Affected Kia and Hyundai owners are also eligible for a software upgrade to address the cars’ missing immobilizer, which includes more than a dozen Kia and Hyundai models.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023
The companies’ affected cars, many of them lower-cost models from the 2011 to early 2022 model years, were not equipped with a theft immobilizer.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
All 2022 models have immobilizer technology, the company said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023
In 2013, VW obtained a restraining order against a group of researchers that included Garcia to prevent publication of a paper detailing how certain anti-theft car immobilizer were vulnerable to hackers.
From Reuters ● Aug. 11, 2016
