Immobilize
verb
To stop something or someone from moving or working.
The accident immobilized the vehicle.
Often appears as...
- immobilize a vehicle
- immobilize a system
verb
To make something unable to be used or sold.
The government immobilized the assets of the accused.
Often appears as...
- immobilize assets
- immobilize property
Usage tips
Formal
Legal, Financial
verb
In medicine, to prevent a part of the body from moving in order to allow it to heal.
The doctor had to immobilize her leg with a splint.
Often appears as...
- immobilize a leg
- immobilize a joint
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To stop something or someone from moving or working.
The accident immobilized the vehicle.
Often appears as...
- immobilize a vehicle
- immobilize a system
verb
To make something unable to be used or sold.
The government immobilized the assets of the accused.
Often appears as...
- immobilize assets
- immobilize property
Usage tips
Formal
Legal, Financial
verb
In medicine, to prevent a part of the body from moving in order to allow it to heal.
The doctor had to immobilize her leg with a splint.
Often appears as...
- immobilize a leg
- immobilize a joint
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Restraint
Often used to describe making a physical object completely unable to move.
The brace will immobilize the gear, ensuring it doesn't turn.
Pro Tip 2/3Durative Action
Implies an ongoing state of inability to move, not just a momentary pause.
To repair the bridge safely, we must immobilize all traffic.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Negative
Usually describes an unwanted or negative situation.
The heavy snowfall will immobilize the town for days.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Restraint
Often used to describe making a physical object completely unable to move.
The brace will immobilize the gear, ensuring it doesn't turn.
Pro Tip 2/3Durative Action
Implies an ongoing state of inability to move, not just a momentary pause.
To repair the bridge safely, we must immobilize all traffic.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Negative
Usually describes an unwanted or negative situation.
The heavy snowfall will immobilize the town for days.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Restraint
Often used to describe making a physical object completely unable to move.
The brace will immobilize the gear, ensuring it doesn't turn.
Pro Tip 2/3Durative Action
Implies an ongoing state of inability to move, not just a momentary pause.
To repair the bridge safely, we must immobilize all traffic.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Negative
Usually describes an unwanted or negative situation.
The heavy snowfall will immobilize the town for days.
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Lifesaving Medicines...
coming back how many different venomous animals are in the world like snakes spiders scorpions lizards lots of marine creatures and they all live in a different environment but what they need immobilize and kill prey and predator as
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The world’s most...
Their farts contain a class of chemical known as allomone that has evolved specifically to paralyze termites. In fact, this allomone is so powerful, a single fart can immobilize multiple termites for up to three hours,
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Clover Hogan: What to do...
Your mindset. We all have stories running on repeat, stories that immobilize us, stories the world impresses upon us in boardrooms and classrooms alike.
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Lifesaving Medicines...
coming back how many different venomous animals are in the world like snakes spiders scorpions lizards lots of marine creatures and they all live in a different environment but what they need immobilize and kill prey and predator as
Video examples
The world’s most...
Their farts contain a class of chemical known as allomone that has evolved specifically to paralyze termites. In fact, this allomone is so powerful, a single fart can immobilize multiple termites for up to three hours,
Video examples
Clover Hogan: What to do...
Your mindset. We all have stories running on repeat, stories that immobilize us, stories the world impresses upon us in boardrooms and classrooms alike.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Erica Durance
Canadian Actress
If you think too much about playing an icon, it will immobilize you. You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don't upset people, but you have to find your own way.
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Sylvia Plath
American Poet
A baby! I hated babies. I, who for two and a half years had been the center of a tender universe, felt the axis wrench and a polar chill immobilize my bones. I would be a bystander, a museum mammoth.
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Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.
Quote examples
Erica Durance
Canadian Actress
If you think too much about playing an icon, it will immobilize you. You have to treat it like a fresh character. Sure, there are guidelines so that you don't upset people, but you have to find your own way.
Quote examples
Sylvia Plath
American Poet
A baby! I hated babies. I, who for two and a half years had been the center of a tender universe, felt the axis wrench and a polar chill immobilize my bones. I would be a bystander, a museum mammoth.
Quote examples
Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.
Quote examples
Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.
Example 1 of 4
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