immobilize
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immobilize
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From French immobiliser, equivalent to immobile + -ize.
verb immobilizes · immobilizing · immobilized · immobilise
- To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving. It is best to immobilize the injury until a doctor can examine it.
- To render incapable of action. It's clear from these [budget] cuts that the MCAD is virtually immobilized as an effective organization for at least the next year.
- To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it
- To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable. Don't immobilize your capital in aging accounts.
Similar: halt, stop, arrest, draw up, immobilize
