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Immobilize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving. transitive

    "It is best to immobilize the injury until a doctor can examine it."

  2. 2
    cause to be unable to move wordnet
  3. 3
    To render incapable of action. transitive

    "It's clear from these [budget] cuts that the MCAD is virtually immobilized as an effective organization for at least the next year."

  4. 4
    prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) wordnet
  5. 5
    To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it transitive
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  1. 6
    convert (assets) into fixed capital wordnet
  2. 7
    To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable. transitive

    "Don't immobilize your capital in aging accounts."

  3. 8
    make defenseless wordnet
  4. 9
    to hold fast or prevent from moving wordnet
  5. 10
    hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital wordnet

Etymology

From French immobiliser, equivalent to immobile + -ize.

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