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immobilize
Found in thesaurus: keep back, withhold, beat out, trounce, shell, beat, vanquish, crush, convert, change over, curtail, restrict, cut back, curb
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immobilize (Amer.)
v.
make immovable, fix in place, restrict movement; prevent mobilization; stymie; cause to be unable to move; (Finance) withdraw coins or bills from circulation; (Finance) convert assets into fixed capital (also immobilise)
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Immobilization
Immobilization may refer to:
- Automobile immobilization, the prevention of an automobile's engine from running
- Economic immobilization, a concept in financial economics
- Enzyme immobilization, a concept in organic chemistry
- Immobilization (pathology), a type of human position
- Immobilization (soil science), the absorption of decomposed organic matter by micro-organisms
- Molecular immobilization, a fictional magical power in the television series Charmed
- Muscle immobilization, the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups
- Whole cell immobilization, a biochemistry method
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immobilize
Verb
1. hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
(synonym) immobilise
(hypernym) withhold, keep back
2. to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
(synonym) trap, pin, immobilise
(derivation) immobilization, immobilisation
3. make defenseless
(synonym) immobilise
(hypernym) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
4. convert (assets) into fixed capital
(synonym) immobilise
(hypernym) convert, change over
5. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
(synonym) freeze, block, immobilise
(hypernym) withhold, keep back
6. cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"
(synonym) immobilise
(hypernym) restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
(hyponym) paralyze, paralyse
(derivation) immobilization, immobilisation, immobilizing
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immobilize (Amer.)
v.
znehybnit
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immobilize (Amer.)
Czas.
unieruchamiać; zatrzymywać
