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Definitions for Immobilize

[1] to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
[2] to prevent the use, activity, or movement of: The hurricane immobilized the airlines.
[3] to deprive of the capacity for mobilization: The troops were immobilized by the enemy.
[4] Medicine/Medical . to prevent, restrict, or reduce normal movement in (the body, a limb, or a joint), as by a splint, cast, or prescribed bed rest.
[5] to render (an opponent's strategy) ineffective; stymie.
[6] Finance . to establish a monetary reserve by withdrawing (specie) from circulation. to create fixed capital in place of (circulating capital).
[7] to make or become immobile to immobilize a car
[8] finance to remove (specie) from circulation and hold it as a reserve to convert (circulating capital) into fixed capital

Words related to Immobilize

paralyze, debilitate, shatter, incapacitate, impair, cripple, mutilate, mangle, disarm, clog, shackle, restrain, invalidate, harm, hamstring, enfeeble, unfit, enervate, sap, hock

Words nearby Immobilize

immix, immixture, immobile, immobilism, immobility, immobilize, immoderacy, immoderate, immoderation, immodest, immokalee

Origin of Immobilize

1870–75; immobile + -ize; see mobilize and compare French immobiliser

Other words from Immobilize

im·mo·bi·li·za·tion , noun
im·mo·bi·liz·er , noun
im•mo′bi•li•za′ tion (-lĭ-zā′ shən ) n.

Synonyms for Immobilize

cripple, debilitate, disarm, impair, incapacitate, mangle, mutilate, paralyze, shatter, action, attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, disenable, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, handicap, harm, hock, hurt, invalidate, kibosh, maim, mar, muzzle, pinion, prostrate, ruin, sabotage, sap, spoil, total, unbrace, undermine, unfit, weaken, wreck, hogtie, knock out, put out of action, render incapable, shoot down, take out, throw monkey wrench in, unstrengthen