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immobilize

verb

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  1. To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
    It is best to immobilize the injury until a doctor can examine it.
  2. To render incapable of action.
  3. To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it

Origin

From French immobiliser, equivalent to immobile + -ize.

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