Convert (assets) into fixed capital. Synonym:immobilise.
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Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets). Synonyms:block, freeze, immobilise."Freeze the assets of this hostile government"Antonyms:unblock, unfreeze.
... darkness. Atrocious struggles, merciless duels, fill the summer nights. On the stems of the long grasses, beside the furrows, the glow-worm "anaethetizes the snail," instilling into it its venom, which stupefies and produces sleep, in order to immobilize... — Fabre, Poet of Science • Dr. G.V. (C.V.) Legros
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