as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
town councils felt immobilized by the powers newly granted to the state legislation
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Recent Examples of immobilized
Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
After he was immobilized, officers shocked him multiple times with a stun gun, according to the lawsuit.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Freshman tight end Jacob Alvarez is also among the injured, wearing a cast on his right arm that immobilized his thumb.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
People avoided crowded places during epidemics, and hospital wards filled with children encased in iron lungs after the virus immobilized their breathing muscles.
—CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
In a clinical trial, elderly people immobilized by arthritic knees, an impediment that hastens muscle wasting, experienced six-per-cent growth in their leg muscles.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
Almost overnight, companies across the country became immobilized, and face-to-face business models broke down.
—Suresh Rajapakse, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
But, at the time, the news was devastating; Stein-Lobovits spent many months sobbing on the couch, immobilized by loss and fear.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
After he was immobilized, officers shocked him multiple times with a stun gun, according to the lawsuit.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Freshman tight end Jacob Alvarez is also among the injured, wearing a cast on his right arm that immobilized his thumb.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
People avoided crowded places during epidemics, and hospital wards filled with children encased in iron lungs after the virus immobilized their breathing muscles.
—CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
In a clinical trial, elderly people immobilized by arthritic knees, an impediment that hastens muscle wasting, experienced six-per-cent growth in their leg muscles.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobilized
Verb
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Quantity beats quality when you're paralyzed by perfection.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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And during trial, I was also threatened to be paralyzed by Elijah.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Despite their name, the mobile homes are conspicuously immobile.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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In this model, our planet was covered for its first 2 to 3 billion years by a rigid, immobile outer shell with convection processes occurring beneath it in Earth’s mantle.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The crisis has taken a toll on the Cuban population and sparked protests, crippled the economy and affected tourism.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Tony and Ziva race to the scene, finding the place crippled by a power outage followed by a ransom request for 115 million Euros.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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By setting up permissions in advance, the agent (individual with the power to act on behalf of someone else) can step in immediately if the account owner is incapacitated.—
Kristin McKenna,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Justice Department in its June 2024 report on problems with policing in Phoenix found that police delayed medical assistance to people who appeared to be incapacitated as a result of the use of force by officers and used unreasonable force on people who had already been wounded by officers.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Immobilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobilized. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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