immobilize

Verb

Meaning

To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

freeze block pin halt trap immobilise harden pinion ground hold cripple chock belay stop exhaust
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Antonyms

film free active release develop advance
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Hypernyms

convert beat shell restrict crush curb

Hyponyms

stun paralyze paralyse stupefy

Related terms

immobilizer immobilization photoimmobilize

Examples

It is a thorny undertaking, and more so than it seems, to follow a movement so wandering as that of our mind, to penetrate the opaque depths of its innermost folds, to pick out and immobilize the innumerable flutterings that agitate it. Michel de Montaigne

To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself. Henri Bergson

But can we, should we, let apprehensions about the future immobilize us in the present? Arundhati Roy

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Freeze the assets of this hostile government Source: Internet

The sudden storm immobilized the traffic Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

immobilism immobility immobilization immobilized immobilizer immobilizing