Definitions of immobilize [ɪˈmoʊ bəˌlaɪz]

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Definition of 'immobilize'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) immobilize
to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.

2.  immobilize
to prevent the use, activity, or movement of.

3.  immobilize
to prevent, restrict, or reduce normal movement in (the body, a limb, or a joint), as by a splint, cast, or prescribed bed rest.

4.  immobilize
to render (an opponent's strategy) ineffective; stymie.

Definition of 'immobilize'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) immobilize, immobilise
hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital

2. (verb) trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise
to hold fast or prevent from moving
"The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

3. (verb) immobilize, immobilise
make defenseless

4. (verb) immobilize, immobilise
convert (assets) into fixed capital

5. (verb) freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise
prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
"Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

6. (verb) immobilize, immobilise
cause to be unable to move
"The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"

Definition of 'immobilize'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) immobilize
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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