immobilize
Example Sentences
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A single freeze-up can knock out an entire weapons platform or immobilize a convoy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
Snake venom is a complex cocktail of toxins, amino acids and proteins that evolved primarily to immobilize and kill prey, but it also prepares tissues for digestion.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2023
“Once they’ve captured their prey, they immobilize it with a very sticky mucus or slime.”
From National Geographic • Aug. 4, 2023
To ensure that he did not harm himself, or the scanner, the veterinary team needed to immobilize him.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022
To be certain the sounds came from the knees, the doctors wanted to immobilize the sisters’ knee joints.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
