Meaning of immobilise | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of immobilize.

UK, alt-of, alternative

Equivalents

Examples

“For the past three-and-half years the City of Philadelphia has been successfully operating commuter services within city boundaries. The aim is to attract⟳ motorists to the rail, to relieve street traffic which has tended to immobilise the city.”

“Also attached to the pillar were the jougs - an iron⟳ collar used to immobilise petty offenders in the same way as the pillory was used in England.”

“You can partially or totally ignore⟳ the situation for a short while longer, you can become⟳ immobilised with fear, or you can become⟳ an urban warrior (or warrioress) and groove on the greatest, most spectacular tragicomic, science-'fiction' drama ever enacted on this planet (probably) until the lights go out.”

“It’s all based on immobilising your opponent, rather than punching or kicking them, which means you learn⟳ how to neutralise, for example, a stranger grabbing your wrist.”

“Australian researchers have⟳ found a protein in the lungs that sticks to the Covid-19 virus like⟳ velcro and immobilises it, which may explain⟳ why some people never become⟳ sick with the virus while others suffer⟳ serious illness.”

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