IMMUNIZE Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

immunize

verb

Definition of immunize

as in to enforce

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Recent Examples of immunize Children and adolescents ages 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not immunized before, according to the guidance. — James Powel, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026 People who are not immunized against measles are at risk of developing the illness between 7 and 21 days of exposure, officials said. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026 The counsel of health-care providers, not federal health officials, remains a top predictor of whether people will immunize. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026 Inoculation theory proposes that psychological inoculation – analogous to getting a medical vaccination – can immunize people against persuasive attacks. — Bingbing Zhang, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for immunize

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Ramco had been asking the judge to either appoint a receiver or enforce a settlement agreement in which the hospitals’ owners would work to sell them to Insight Health Systems and Prasad would step down as CEO.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Once a restraining order has been issued, law officers can be called to enforce it, the guide said.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of enforce

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And by engaging with these powerful militaries, the group reinforced its self-image as a major regional player that was uniquely capable of liberating the Muslim world from corrupting American and Israeli influence.

— April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
That experience reinforced for me that Florida needs a clearer, more consistent process for people seeking to regain rights after completing their sentences.

— José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of reinforce

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Rutte pledged to increase support for Ukraine and bolster the 32-nation alliance's own defenses along its long eastern border with Russia.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Rutte pledged to increase support for Ukraine and bolster the 32-nation alliance’s own defenses along its long eastern border with Russia.

— Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of bolster

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But even from the start, before Mona properly goes off the deep end, The Debut starts inuring us to her heightened perspective.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
That could be because New Yorkers are inured to the perpetually temporary structures anyway or because the new designs, despite the day-care-center colors, do a good job of being inconspicuous.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 June 2026

Definition of inure

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Iodized table salt is mined from underground deposits, processed to remove other minerals and fortified with iodine, which is important for thyroid health and proper hormone production.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Bucky Irving is also healthy again, though the team added Kenneth Gainwell to fortify the backfield.

— Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of fortify

Verb

The club had been away since relegation in 2018 and during that period had to adjust to fielding much more mundane talent.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Kory Kantenga, LinkedIn’s head of economics for the Americas, told Fortune that economists typically adjust labor-market data to remove predictable seasonal swings.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

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