immobilization

Example Sentences

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“When we finish heating up the first melter, that will be another significant step in commissioning the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant for future operations,” said Val McCain, project director for Bechtel National.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2022

Forty miles north of Tucson, and about 50 minutes after the chase began, agents tried to stop the Jeep with a spike strip, or Vehicle Immobilization Device, and the vehicle careened on the highway.

From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2021

Cover submitted the ominous "Weapon for Immobilization and Capture" to the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1972.

From The Verge • Aug. 14, 2014

Immobilization as for fracture is not necessary but, nevertheless, movement is to be restricted as much as possible.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

Immobilization of the broken parts of the bone is the object sought.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor