What is another word for immobilize?
Synonyms for immobilize
ɪˈmoʊ bəˌlaɪzim·mo·bi·lize
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Princeton's WordNet
immobilize, immobiliseverb
hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
Synonyms:
immobilise, pin, block, trap, freezetrap, pin, immobilize, immobiliseverb
to hold fast or prevent from moving
"The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
Synonyms:
trap, ensnare, freeze, entrap, pin down, snare, trammel, block, pin, immobiliseimmobilize, immobiliseverb
make defenseless
Synonyms:
immobilise, pin, block, trap, freezeimmobilize, immobiliseverb
convert (assets) into fixed capital
Synonyms:
immobilise, pin, block, trap, freezefreeze, block, immobilize, immobiliseverb
prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
"Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
Synonyms:
pin, block up, lug, trap, halt, obturate, suspend, jam, block off, close up, blank out, freeze, obstruct, deflect, parry, embarrass, kibosh, draw a blank, freeze down, hinder, impede, block, forget, freeze out, stop, stuff, stymy, stop dead, blockade, immobilise, bar, occlude, barricade, choke up, stymieimmobilize, immobiliseverb
cause to be unable to move
"The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"
Synonyms:
immobilise, pin, block, trap, freeze
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "immobilize":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#992 | stuff | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1042 | bar | |
#1662 | block | |
#3063 | forget | |
#3071 | pin | |
#5259 | jam | |
#7583 | trap | |
#9443 | freeze | |
#13027 | suspend | |
#13959 | halt | |
#16475 | lug | |
#21866 | parry | |
#22436 | snare | |
#22854 | hinder | |
#26805 | blockade | |
#29400 | impede | |
#39730 | obstruct | |
#43279 | barricade | |
#43520 | embarrass | |
#44754 | deflect | |
#69872 | stymie | |
#111104 | trammel | |
#114979 | immobilize | |
#126145 | entrap | |
#149524 | ensnare | |
#205593 | occlude | |
#229254 | kibosh | |
#299175 | immobilise |
How to use immobilize in a sentence?
Venoms have evolved to immobilize or kill... They target vital bodily functions.
The way that ... the two Americans had a go at him, he could not do much more. we were able to immobilize him on the ground, and then Alexander ... went to see elsewhere in the train if there were any other terrorists, and we saw at that moment somebody was injured.
It’s a matter of immobilizing these animals or driving them into muddy shores so that their weight works against them, if you can immobilize one with a few people and corner them into an area where they get stuck. It’s a matter of finishing them off.
The big loser is going to be Maduro because he's going to create a constitutional crisis. He wants to immobilize the National Assembly, like Fujimori.
Translations for immobilize
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- immobilitzarCatalan, Valencian
- inmovilizarSpanish
- inmobilizarGalician
- 固定しますJapanese
- imobilizaRomanian
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