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Immobilize

verb

Hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital. Synonym: immobilise.

To hold fast or prevent from moving. Synonyms: immobilise, pin, trap.

Make defenseless. Synonym: immobilise.

Convert (assets) into fixed capital. Synonym: immobilise.

Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets). Synonyms: block, freeze, immobilise. "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

Cause to be unable to move. Synonym: immobilise.

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Etymology of 'Immobilize'

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"Immobilize" Quotes from Famous Books

... 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

Words linked to "Immobilize" : freeze, crush, block, immobilization, stun, withhold, vanquish, curb, shell, paralyze, restrict, immobile, keep back, trap, immobilise, stupefy, convert, unfreeze, pin, beat out, unblock, immobilizing, beat, paralyse, cut back, curtail, trounce