| Main Entry: |
immobilize
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| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
disable |
| Synonyms: |
action,
attenuate, batter,
blunt,
cripple,
damage,
debilitate, disarm, disenable, disqualify,
enervate, enfeeble,
exhaust, hamstring,
handicap,
harm, hock, hogtie,
hurt,
impair, incapacitate,
invalidate, kibosh, knock out,
maim, mangle,
mar,
mutilate, muzzle,
paralyze, pinion,
prostrate, put out of action, render incapable,
ruin,
sabotage,
sap*,
shatter, shoot down,
spoil,
take out*, throw monkey wrench in,
total*, unbrace,
undermine, unfit, unstrengthen,
weaken,
wreck
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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