immobilize.
To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
Meaning & usage
To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
It is best to immobilize the injury until a doctor can examine it.
To render incapable of action.
To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it
To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable.
Don't immobilize your capital in aging accounts.
Where this word comes from
From French immobiliser, equivalent to immobile + -ize.
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