immobilized 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of immobilizednext
as in immobile

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immobilized

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verb

past tense of immobilize
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobilized
  1. immobile
  2. paralyzed
  3. incapacitated
  4. crippled
  5. halt
Adjective
  • Just reading about being upside down and immobile in the rock crevice makes my heart-rate skyrocket.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2024
  • However, being immobile couldn’t hold her back from stealing every scene.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of immobile
Verb
  • No one wants to see a return to the dark days when children lay in hospital wards, paralyzed, confined to ghastly iron lungs.
    Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Republicans have a slim majority, raising the possibility of a replay of leadership disputes that paralyzed the House a year ago.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of paralyzed
Adjective
  • There was no 25th Amendment to allow for the replacement of an incapacitated president as there is now.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 6 July 2024
  • The jewelry-store duel is very Kill Bill, with the two women tossing out insults before attacking brutally and relentlessly: throwing each other around glass cases, using the shop’s offerings as weaponry, and avoiding the incapacitated store owner.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of incapacitated
Verb
  • The company was also hurt by the pandemic when a helium shortage reportedly crippled its lucrative balloon business during a time that was already challenging for retail and party industries.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • And the man who broke the back of the Southern filibuster that crippled the Senate and by extension the US for nearly a century.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of crippled
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of halt
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