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    IMMOBILISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they immobilise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it immobilises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: immobilised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: immobilised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: immobilising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cause to be unable to moveplay

    Example:

    The sudden storm immobilized the traffic

    Synonyms:

    immobilise; immobilize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "immobilise" is one way to...):

    curb; curtail; cut back; restrict (place restrictions on)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "immobilise"):

    paralyse; paralyze (cause to be paralyzed and immobile)

    stun; stupefy (make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    immobilisation (the act of limiting movement or making incapable of movement)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)play

    Example:

    Freeze the assets of this hostile government

    Synonyms:

    block; freeze; immobilise; immobilize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "immobilise" is one way to...):

    keep back; withhold (hold back; refuse to hand over or share)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Convert (assets) into fixed capitalplay

    Synonyms:

    immobilise; immobilize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "immobilise" is one way to...):

    convert (change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    Make defenselessplay

    Synonyms:

    immobilise; immobilize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

    Hypernyms (to "immobilise" is one way to...):

    beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something

    Sense 5

    Meaning:

    To hold fast or prevent from movingplay

    Example:

    The child was pinned under the fallen tree

    Synonyms:

    immobilise; immobilize; pin; trap

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    immobilisation (fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing)

    Sense 6

    Meaning:

    Hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capitalplay

    Synonyms:

    immobilise; immobilize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of buying, selling, owning

    Hypernyms (to "immobilise" is one way to...):

    keep back; withhold (hold back; refuse to hand over or share)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

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