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Verb: immunize  'i-myu`nIz
  1. Law: grant immunity from prosecution
    - immunise [Brit]
     
  2. Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
    "We immunize against scarlet fever"
    - immunise [Brit], inoculate, vaccinate

Derived forms: immunized, immunizes, immunizing

See also: immunization

Type of: inject, protect, shoot

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