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Verb immobilise has 6 senses
- immobilize, immobilise - hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
--1 is one way to withhold, keep back
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise - to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- immobilize, immobilise - make defenseless
--3 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- immobilize, immobilise - convert (assets) into fixed capital
--4 is one way to convert, change over
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise - prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
--5 is one way to withhold, keep back
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- immobilize, immobilise - cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"
--6 is one way to restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s somebody
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