immobilize
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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
“At least not yet. We also had to immobilize his jaw so that the fracture would heal, so it’s wired shut.”
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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