immobilize
Example Sentences
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To be certain the sounds came from the knees, the doctors wanted to immobilize the sisters’ knee joints.
From Literature
Without that capability, a robotaxi fleet is “immobilized capital,” New Street Research analysts wrote in a report in December.
It’s also known that Waymo pays humans to physically deal with vehicles immobilized by — for example — a passenger’s failure to fully close a car door when exiting.
From Los Angeles Times
A stock market that supposedly facilitates capital flows thus immobilizes capital within companies.
From Barron's
A single freeze-up can knock out an entire weapons platform or immobilize a convoy.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
