immobilize

verb 4

Definitions

verb

1

To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.

It is best to immobilize the injury until a doctor can examine it.

[…]two Russian armies would advance into East Prussia, one westward from the Niemen, the other northward from the Narew, with the object of encircling and immobilizing all enemy forces there.

2

To render incapable of action.

It's clear from these [budget] cuts that the MCAD is virtually immobilized as an effective organization for at least the next year.

3

To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it

4

To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable.

Don't immobilize your capital in aging accounts.

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