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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
Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Try taking a census of the immobilized population of Los Angeles — otherwise known as our civic statues, rendered in metal or stone.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Valentino, 82, says Cosby drove her to a nearby office and raped her while she was too immobilized to fight back.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026
Among those paralyzed, 5 to 10 percent die when their breathing muscles become immobilized, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Also repurposing Russian immobilized assets, hundreds of billions of dollars in European bank accounts.
—U.s. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
Videos showed immobilized vehicles clogging streets, turning chaos into gridlock.
—Ira Goldstein, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
The fleeing truck continued on, hit a parked RV and became immobilized.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2026
Social media postings showed immobilized autonomous vehicles flashing their hazard lights.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2025
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Her vehicle has been immobilized for one year.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
The form recalls the work’s titular gastropod—massive, coiled, immobilized by its own weight.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Being immobilized on a stretcher inside a very small airplane was a tremendous challenge.
—Lori Brock, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
The vehicle was immobilized when another patrol car slammed into it near the Lake Junaluska Golf Course, officials said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
Gray Davis, 23, of Fort Lauderdale, recently posted a video of himself capturing and cooking an iguana that was immobilized during Florida's recent frigid temperatures.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
As temperatures dropped and people huddled indoors across South Florida, iguanas dropped from trees, with videos showing the reptiles stunned and immobilized from the cold, lying on the ground.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Nix watched Sunday’s conference title game from a suite above the field, the ankle that was surgically repaired this week immobilized.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Before leaving, the team blew up the immobilized aircraft to prevent sophisticated technology from falling into Iranian hands.
—Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Try taking a census of the immobilized population of Los Angeles — otherwise known as our civic statues, rendered in metal or stone.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Valentino, 82, says Cosby drove her to a nearby office and raped her while she was too immobilized to fight back.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026
Among those paralyzed, 5 to 10 percent die when their breathing muscles become immobilized, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Also repurposing Russian immobilized assets, hundreds of billions of dollars in European bank accounts.
—U.s. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
Videos showed immobilized vehicles clogging streets, turning chaos into gridlock.
—Ira Goldstein, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
The fleeing truck continued on, hit a parked RV and became immobilized.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2026
Social media postings showed immobilized autonomous vehicles flashing their hazard lights.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2025
Verb
Forced to investigate, DeVito finds Caplan immobilized in an upstairs jacuzzi bathtub.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Her vehicle has been immobilized for one year.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
The form recalls the work’s titular gastropod—massive, coiled, immobilized by its own weight.
—Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Being immobilized on a stretcher inside a very small airplane was a tremendous challenge.
—Lori Brock, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
The vehicle was immobilized when another patrol car slammed into it near the Lake Junaluska Golf Course, officials said.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
Gray Davis, 23, of Fort Lauderdale, recently posted a video of himself capturing and cooking an iguana that was immobilized during Florida's recent frigid temperatures.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
As temperatures dropped and people huddled indoors across South Florida, iguanas dropped from trees, with videos showing the reptiles stunned and immobilized from the cold, lying on the ground.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Nix watched Sunday’s conference title game from a suite above the field, the ankle that was surgically repaired this week immobilized.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobilized
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Nancy Guthrie, 84 and pretty immobile, was missing from her Tucson, Arizona, home.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Dalton was immobile in the blowout loss to Buffalo, and clearly, the Panthers wanted someone who could match, or at least simulate, starter Bryce Young’s fluidity in the pocket.—
Mike Kaye
March 12,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Police cleared fuel protesters from Dublin’s streets after six days of blockades paralyzed the Irish capital.—
Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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The standoff has paralyzed one of the council’s most consequential bodies and left a growing backlog of zoning proposals in limbo as the committee reviews zoning changes required to begin construction projects of all kinds across the city.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The war crippled supply in the region due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the sudden danger in shipping oil, among other factors.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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When Lehman ran, McIntyre shot him three times – in the nose, the leg, which effectively crippled him, reducing him to a crawl, and in the back.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In February 2025, a hiker became severely hypothermic near the summit of Vermont’s Mount Equinox during a winter storm, incapacitated with a dying phone battery.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Cosby’s accuser was a waitress who said she was left incapacitated by pills and wine after attending one of the comic’s shows in Los Angeles.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Immobilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobilized. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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