immobilise

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	immobilise - hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital immobilize withhold, keep back - hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
	2.	immobilise - to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree" pin, immobilize, trap
	3.	immobilise - make defenseless immobilize beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
	4.	immobilise - convert (assets) into fixed capital immobilize convert - change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
	5.	immobilise - prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" immobilize, freeze, block withhold, keep back - hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
	6.	immobilise - cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic" immobilize curtail, restrict, curb, cut back - place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" paralyse, paralyze - cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her" stun, stupefy - make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"