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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
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
Before leaving, the team blew up the immobilized aircraft to prevent sophisticated technology from falling into Iranian hands.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Also repurposing Russian immobilized assets, hundreds of billions of dollars in European bank accounts.
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U.s. Sen. Richard Blumenthal,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
Videos showed immobilized vehicles clogging streets, turning chaos into gridlock.
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Ira Goldstein,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2026
The fleeing truck continued on, hit a parked RV and became immobilized.
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Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
2 Jan. 2026
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
It was then immobilized with a tranquilizing dart.
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Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Then came Week 16’s brutal late-game concussion against Jacksonville, with Bryant immobilized out of precaution and carted off in the scariest sight of the year at Empower Field.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 May 2026
Anne Lonneke/Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officers reportedly immobilized the bears and took them several hours south to a better habitat.
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Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
What begins as a simple heist spirals into a nightmarish ordeal after one sister throws out her back and becomes immobilized on the second floor.
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Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
These clichés come to fruition when Kristen is immobilized by pain in one of her legs which, of course, is diagnosed as cancer.
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Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
Key parts like the build plate and resin vat are separately protected and immobilized within the chamber using dense foam blocks and additional cardboard bracing, minimizing the risk of shifting or damage.
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Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2026
For years, the armies on the Western Front were immobilized by the combination of modern technology and antiquated tactics.
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Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
Adjective
According to local outlet Listin Diario, Bonilla had undergone surgery to have rods and screws inserted into her back after a tumor was removed, though one screw allegedly pierced her spinal cord, leaving her immobilized from the ribs down.
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Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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.
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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
Verb
After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Western governments immobilized about $300 billion in Russian reserves, most of it sitting at Euroclear in Belgium.
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Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
It was then immobilized with a tranquilizing dart.
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Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Then came Week 16’s brutal late-game concussion against Jacksonville, with Bryant immobilized out of precaution and carted off in the scariest sight of the year at Empower Field.
—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
26 May 2026
Anne Lonneke/Colorado Parks and Wildlife Officers reportedly immobilized the bears and took them several hours south to a better habitat.
—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
What begins as a simple heist spirals into a nightmarish ordeal after one sister throws out her back and becomes immobilized on the second floor.
—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
These clichés come to fruition when Kristen is immobilized by pain in one of her legs which, of course, is diagnosed as cancer.
—
Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
Key parts like the build plate and resin vat are separately protected and immobilized within the chamber using dense foam blocks and additional cardboard bracing, minimizing the risk of shifting or damage.
—
Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2026
For years, the armies on the Western Front were immobilized by the combination of modern technology and antiquated tactics.
—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobilized
Adjective
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The question then becomes whether the immobile Goldin would stand as such an alternative.
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The highly effective treatment involves sterilizing screwworm pupae -- the immobile stage of the screwworm before metamorphosis -- by exposing them to gamma radiation and then releasing them into the wild to mate with fertile females.
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The tranquil normalcy of a residential neighborhood in the Canadian city of Montreal was shattered Monday morning after a gunman opened fire, prompting a shootout with police that killed at least two people, sent families running for cover and paralyzed the city for hours.
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On Thursday, Foutris filed a lawsuit against the city, the officer who shot Edwards, and federal agents involved in the shooting, saying Edwards was shot, and potentially paralyzed, without justification.
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This comes at a dire time for Venezuela, which is still deep in political and financial crisis – being led by an interim government after US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, and facing an economy crippled by years of hyperinflation.
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Aegon, who was burned and crippled in Season 2, fled with Larys Strong (Matthew Needham), leaving his cruel, one-eyed brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) to sit on the Iron Throne.
Verb
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Airbus UpNext's DragonFly project is developing AI that manages complex emergencies autonomously when the crew is incapacitated.
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According to the law enforcement investigation, Garcia activated her Taser seven times in a row in about a minute, with the State Patrol concluding that three to four of those activations occurred after Tomlinson was already incapacitated by the initial Taser deployments.
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“Immobilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobilized. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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