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   immobilize

   /ɪˈməʊbɪlʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal: "the car had been immobilized by a wheel clamp"
   • ▪ restrict the movements of (a limb) to allow healing: "other children in the ward were immobilized in traction"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from French immobiliser, from immobile (see immobile).

   Derivatives

   • 1. immobilization noun

   Scrabble Points: 25

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