immobilize
immobilize is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages. Face value is 25 in Scrabble and 29 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.
- verb. cause to be unable to move
"The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"
- verb. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
"Blocked funds"
"Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
- verb. convert (assets) into fixed capital
- verb. make defenseless
- verb. to hold fast or prevent from moving
"The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
- verb. hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
Synonyms
immobilise, block, freeze, pin, trap
Common word forms
immobilized, immobilizer, immobilizes, immobilizing
Words from these letters
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