immunize

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immunize

  • /ˈɪm.ju.naɪz/ US

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From French immuniser, equivalent to immune + -ize.

verb immunizes · immunizing · immunized · immunise

  1. transitive To make someone or something immune to something. It is now clear that the brevity of an indecent broadcast – be it word or image – cannot immunize it from FCC censure.
  2. transitive To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease. This kind of warfare [i.e., biological] would have us devouring the world’s children in a manner of speaking and those who are immunologically impaired, presuming we were going to immunize our own population but not those of the antagonist. Thus we would be conducting warfare which by definition wou

    Similar: inoculate, vaccinate, vaccine

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verb to make someone or something immune to something

Españolinmunizar
中文使免疫 shǐ miǎnyì
Portuguêsimunizar
Françaisimmuniser
Deutschimmunisieren
Русскийиммунизи́ровать immunizírovatʹ

verb to inoculate someone, as thus produce immunity from a disease

Españolinmunizar
中文使免疫 shǐ miǎnyì
Françaisimmuniser
Deutschimmunisieren
Русскийиммунизи́ровать immunizírovatʹ

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@misc{immunize_2026,
  title = {immunize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/immunize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}