immobilize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
To render incapable of action.
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.

En-us-immobilize.ogg

immobilize immobilizes immobilizing immobilized immobilise

From French immobiliser, equivalent to immobile + -ize.

halt stop arrest draw up immobilize freeze

accelerate continue move

immobilization immobilizer photoimmobilize desist

reimmobilize

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