as in immobile
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as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
town councils felt immobilized by the powers newly granted to the state legislation
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Adjective
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Much of the equipment in the studio he’d custom-built over decades was immobile — the Bösendorfer grand piano or the SSL recording console couldn’t get out on short notice.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025 -
Surveillance footage showed the victim sleeping on an immobile F train at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station around 7:30 a.m.—
Charmaine Patterson,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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When McCarthy was ousted in October 2023, the House was paralyzed for three weeks before Republicans coalesced around Johnson.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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This 35-year old man, paralyzed by polio, was condemned for the rest of his life to be a prisoner of the machine compressing and releasing his lungs.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Dec. 2024
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But there is no precedent for forcibly removing an incapacitated member who had taken the oath of office that Congress.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2024
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Both were charged with felony neglect of an incapacitated adult by a caregiver resulting in the incapacitated adult’s death.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
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His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The coronavirus crisis dealt another serious blow to Blackpool, leaving businesses struggling as tourism ground to a halt during nationwide lockdowns.—
Megan Specia,
New York Times,
7 Sep. 2022
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This is when the fairytale comes crashing to a halt smack-dab in the middle of the Footprint Center.—
Jeremy Cluff,
The Arizona Republic,
6 Dec. 2021
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“Immobilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobilized. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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