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immobilize   (TTS Sound)

The verb immobilize has 6 senses

• immobilize, immobilise -- (hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital)


• trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise -- (to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree")


• immobilize, immobilise -- (make defenseless)


• immobilize, immobilise -- (convert (assets) into fixed capital)


• freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise -- (prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government")


• immobilize, immobilise -- (cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic")