immobilization

Main Entry:	immobilization
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	tie-up
Synonyms:	binding, clogging, confinement, curb, delay, fetters, gridlock, hold, jam*, leash, limit, lock, obstruction, restraint, restriction, shackles, stop, stoppage

* = informal/non-formal usage
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Main Entry:	tie-up
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	stoppage
Synonyms:	abeyance, arrest, blockage, check, close, closure, cutoff, deduction, discontinuance, down, downtime, gridlock, hindrance, immobilization, interruption, jam*, layoff, lockout, obstruction, occlusion, shutdown, sit-down, standstill, stopping, walkout

* = informal/non-formal usage
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Main Entry:	inertia
Part of Speech:	noun
Related Adjectives:	blunt, dead, doless, dormant, dull, exanimous, flat, heavy, inactive, inert, latent, lifeless, listless, passive, shiftless, slack, sloomy, slow, sluggish, smoldering, tame, torpid, unexerted, uninfluential

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