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Noun: immobilizing  i'mow-bu,lI-zing
  1. The act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement
    "Immobilizing the patient's arm was necessary for proper healing";
    - immobilization, immobilisation [Brit], immobilising [Brit]
Verb: immobilize  i'mow-bu,lIz
  1. Cause to be unable to move
    "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic";
    - immobilise [Brit]
     
  2. To hold fast or prevent from moving
    "The child was immobilized under the fallen tree";
    - trap, pin, immobilise [Brit]
     
  3. Make defenseless
    "The tranquilizer immobilized the animal";
    - immobilise [Brit]
     
  4. Convert (assets) into fixed capital
    "The company immobilized its cash reserves by investing in new equipment";
    - immobilise [Brit]
     
  5. Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
    "immobilize the assets of this hostile government";
    - freeze, block, immobilise [Brit]

Type of: beat, beat out, convert, crush, curb, curtail, cut back, hold, keep back, restraint, restrict, shell [US], trounce, vanquish, withhold

Encyclopedia: Immobilizing

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