immobilizeverb [ T ]
UK usually immobilise uk/ɪˈməʊ.bəl.aɪz/us/ɪˈmoʊ.bəl.aɪz/to stop something or someone from moving:
You can immobilize the car by removing the spark plugs.
The broken limb must be immobilized as soon as possible.
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Movement
- ambulatory
- be treading water idiom
- catalepsy
- comings
- floating
- get
- gravitation
- immobile
- inert
- locomotion
- mobile
- motility
- motion
- movable
- moving
- pull
- pull up short idiom
- rooted
- still
- tread
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immobilization
noun [ U ] UK usually immobilisation uk/ɪˌməʊ.bəl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪˌmoʊ.bəl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/