immobilize

🇺🇸 /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪz/ 🇬🇧 /ɪˈməʊbəlaɪz/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to make something or someone unable to move

If someone's leg is badly hurt, you should immobilize it to stop it from moving.

translation

v. to make something or someone unable to move

Word Forms

3rd Present immobilizes
Past immobilized
Perfect immobilized
Progressive immobilizing