<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)</li><li>immobilized, immobilizing.</li><li>to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.</li><li>to prevent the use, activity, or movement of: The hurricane immobilized the airlines.</li><li>to deprive of the capacity for mobilization: The troops were immobilized by the enemy.</li><li>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.</li><li>to render (an opponent's strategy) ineffective; stymie.</li><li>Finance: to establish a monetary reserve by withdrawing (specie) from circulation.</li><li>to create fixed capital in place of (circulating capital).</li></ul>