immobilize
Use Immobilize in a sentence
bəˌlaɪz verb (used with object), im·mo·bi·lized, im·mo·bi·liz·ing.
1.
to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
2.
to prevent the use, activity, or movement of: The hurricane immobilized the airlines.
3.
to deprive of the capacity for mobilization: The troops were immobilized by the enemy.
4.
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.
5.
to render (an opponent's strategy) ineffective; stymie.
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World English Dictionary
immobilize or immobilise (ɪˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become immobile: to immobilize a car |
| 2. | finance |
| a. to remove (specie) from circulation and hold it as a reserve | |
| b. to convert (circulating capital) into fixed capital | |
| immobilise or immobilise | |
| —vb | |
| immobili'zation or immobilise | |
| —n | |
| immobili'sation or immobilise | |
| —n | |
| im'mobilizer or immobilise | |
| —n | |
| im'mobiliser or immobilise | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
immobilize im·mo·bi·lize (ĭ-mō'bə-līz')
v. im·mo·bi·lized, im·mo·bi·liz·ing, im·mo·bi·liz·es
To render immobile.
To fix the position of a joint or fractured limb, as with a splint or cast.
im·mo'bi·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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Example sentences
Alligators are tough to handle because they are strong beasts, so you have to immobilize them.
Immobilize the area both above and below the injured bone.
Seeing the future purely in terms of group characteristics and historical experience can certainly immobilize policy.
When he got into the ring, he would immediately immobilize his opponent, then destroy him.
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