Meaning & use
Immobilizing
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Preventing something or someone from moving or being moved.
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The cast was used for immobilizing the broken arm during recovery.
Fear was immobilizing him, and he could not move from the doorway.
A note on using this word
Widely used in medical contexts, such as splints and casts, as well as figuratively for emotional paralysis.
Words with a similar meaning
paralyzingrestraining
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Words with an opposite meaning
mobilizingfreeing
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