immobilize

tr.v., -lized, -liz·ing, -liz·es.

1. To render immobile.
2. To fix the position of (a joint or fractured limb), as with a splint or cast.
3. To impede movement or use of: Severe weather immobilized the rescue team.
4. Economics.
   1. To withdraw (specie) from circulation and reserve as security for other money.
   2. To convert (floating capital) into fixed capital.

immobilization im·mo'bi·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
immobilizer im·mo'bi·liz'er n.

verb

1. To render powerless or motionless, as by inflicting severe injury: cripple, disable, incapacitate, knock out, paralyze. Idioms: put out ofactioncommission. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To cause to cease regular activity: idle, stop, tie up. Idioms: bring to a screeching halt. See continue/stop/pause.

v. prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal: I want you to immobilize their vehicle.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

To render incapable of being moved, as by a cast.

IN BRIEF: To keep from moving.

To perceive means to immobilize ... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself. — Henri Bergson (1859-1941), French philosopher. Matter and Memory, ch. 4, sct. 4 (1896, trans. 1911).

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - immobilisere, gøre ubevægelig, forhindre i at køre videre

Nederlands (Dutch)
stilleggen, vasthouden, zorgen dat iets niet kan bewegen

Français (French)
v. tr. - immobiliser, paralyser, (Fin) bloquer (des fonds)

Deutsch (German)
v. - unbeweglich machen, ruhigstellen, festlegen, aus dem Umlauf ziehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ακινητοποιώ

Italiano (Italian)
immobilizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - imobilizar

Русский (Russian)
лишать подвижности, останавливать, парализовать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inmovilizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra orörlig, fästa orubbligt, immobilisera (med. o mil.), sätta ur funktion, dra (mynt) ur cirkulationen, binda (kapital)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使不动, 使不能移动, 使固定

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使不動, 使不能移動, 使固定

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 고정하다, 이동을 불가능하게 하다, 유통을 막다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 動かなくする, 固定する, 不動にする, 流通を止める, 動けなくする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشل حركته, يجمد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נייח, הפסיק התנועה, העמיד, הדמים, הגביל את התנועה החופשית‬

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