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Verb: immobilise i'mow-bu-lIz Usage: Brit (=immobilize)
- Hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
- immobilize - To hold fast or prevent from moving
"The child was immobilised under the fallen tree" - trap, pin, immobilize - Make defenseless
- immobilize - Convert (assets) into fixed capital
- immobilize - Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
"immobilise the assets of this hostile government" - freeze, block, immobilize - Cause to be unable to move
"The sudden storm immobilised the traffic" - immobilize
Derived forms: immobilised, immobilising, immobilises See also: immobilisation [Brit] Type of: beat, beat out, convert, crush, curb, curtail, cut back, keep back, restrict, shell, trounce, vanquish, withhold |