The meaning of Immobilize

noun

A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.

Usage examples:

I have fixed the motor to the table with two clamps

verb

Fasten (something) in place with a clamp.

Usage examples:

The sander is clamped on to the edge of a workbench

noun

A heap of potatoes or other root vegetables stored under straw or earth.

Usage examples:

There is also a theory about making a potato clamp to keep them in over the winter.

verb

Cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally.

Usage examples:

Developing countries are crippled by their debts

noun

A person with a severe limitation of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

An emotional cripple

verb

Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

verb

Make (something) inactive by disconnecting or destroying it.

Usage examples:

The switch deactivates the alarm

verb

To cause something to be no longer active or effective

Usage examples:

All chemical weapons facilities will be deactivated.

verb

(of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities.

Usage examples:

It's an injury that could disable somebody for life

verb

To make something or someone unable to act in the correct or usual way

Usage examples:

Thieves disabled the museum’s alarm system.

verb

To turn off a part of a computer system, or stop it from working in the normal way

Usage examples:

To disable a program or device, right-click its listing under the appropriate category and choose '…

verb

Bring or come to an abrupt stop.

Usage examples:

There is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed

noun

A suspension of movement or activity, typically a temporary one.

Usage examples:

A halt in production

adjective

(of a person) having a physical disability.

Usage examples:

If a man were halt or hunch'd

verb

Make inactive or inoperative.

Usage examples:

Household bleach does not inactivate the virus

verb

Cause (a person or part of the body) to become partly or wholly incapable of movement.

Usage examples:

Mrs burrows had been paralysed by a stroke

verb

To cause a person, group, or organization to stop working

Usage examples:

The fuel protesters have threatened to try to paralyse the country again on november 13., the compa…

verb

(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.

Usage examples:

His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

noun

A cessation of movement or operation.

Usage examples:

All business came to a stop

verb

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

noun

A metal device attached to the wheel of an illegally parked car that will only be removed when the owner pays an amount of money

Usage examples:

I hope we're not going to find a wheel clamp on my car when we get back., your car is likely to be …