Akademik

immobilise
verb
1. hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
• Syn: ↑immobilize
• Hypernyms: ↑withhold, ↑keep back
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. to hold fast or prevent from moving
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The child was pinned under the fallen tree

• Syn: ↑trap, ↑pin, ↑immobilize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑immobilisation, ↑immobile (for: ↑immobilize), ↑immobilization (for: ↑immobilize), ↑immobilizing (for: ↑immobilize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

3. make defenseless
• Syn: ↑immobilize
• Hypernyms: ↑beat, ↑beat out, ↑crush, ↑shell, ↑trounce, ↑vanquish
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

4. convert (assets) into fixed capital
• Syn: ↑immobilize
• Hypernyms: ↑convert
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

5. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
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Blocked funds

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Freeze the assets of this hostile government

• Syn: ↑freeze, ↑block, ↑immobilize
• Ant: ↑unblock (for: ↑block), ↑unfreeze (for: ↑freeze)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑freeze (for: ↑freeze)
• Hypernyms: ↑withhold, ↑keep back
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

6. cause to be unable to move
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The sudden storm immobilized the traffic

• Syn: ↑immobilize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑immobilisation, ↑immobile (for: ↑immobilize), ↑immobilization (for: ↑immobilize), ↑immobilizing (for: ↑immobilize)
• Hypernyms: ↑restrict, ↑curtail, ↑curb, ↑cut back
• Hyponyms: ↑paralyze, ↑paralyse, ↑stun, ↑stupefy
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something


Useful english dictionary. 2012.