[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.", "to prevent the use, activity, or movement of:The hurricane immobilized the airlines.", "to deprive of the capacity for mobilization:The troops were immobilized by the enemy.", "Medicine/Medical.to prevent, restrict, or reduce normal movement in (the body, a limb, or a joint), as by a splint, cast, or prescribed bed rest.", "to render (an opponent's ) ineffective; stymie.", "Finance.to establish a monetary reserve by withdrawing (specie) from circulation.to create fixed capital in place of (circulating capital).", "to establish a monetary reserve by withdrawing (specie) from circulation.", "to create fixed capital in place of (circulating capital)."]}]