immobilizing
Stopping all movement
Immobilizing means rendering something or someone unable to move.
A splint immobilizes a broken bone to allow healing.
Police immobilize suspects by pinning them down.
Fear can be immobilizing—She stood immobilized by terror.
The word applies to vehicles too: a boot immobilizes an illegally parked car, and an engine kill switch can immobilize a stolen vehicle.
Metal bonds for prisoners
- handcuffsLocking wrist restraints
- manaclesWrist shackles for prisoners
- chainsLinked metal restraints
- fettersAnkle restraints, often metal
binds · straitjacket · cuffs · leg irons · ropes · tethers · clamp · pinion
Fastening with pointed fasteners
- tacklingForcefully stopping an opponent
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
restraining · overpowering · capturing · detaining · apprehending · neutralizing · disabling · incapacitating
Solidified by extreme cold
- numbLacking physical sensation
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
- rootedFirmly established in place
transfixed · incapacitated · helpless · powerless · stiff · rigid · motionless · static
shackles
Metal bonds for prisoners
fetters · binds · straitjacket · cuffs · leg irons · ropes · tethers · clamp · pinion · lashing
pinning
Fastening with pointed fasteners
- tacklingForcefully stopping an opponent
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
holding · restraining · overpowering · capturing · detaining · apprehending · neutralizing · disabling · incapacitating · suppressing
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
- numbLacking physical sensation
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
rooted · transfixed · incapacitated · helpless · powerless · stiff · rigid · motionless · static · unresponsive
locking
Fixing firmly in position
- clampingFixing firmly with pressure
- brakingReducing speed deliberately
- wedgingForcing into tight space
blocking · jamming · securing · anchoring · fastening · bolting · chocking · parking brake · jack stand · stabilizer
immobilizingmobilizing
Assembling for action
moving · propelling · setting in motion · animating · activating
immobilizingfreeing
Releasing from confinement
liberating · releasing · loosening · unbinding · emancipating
immobilizingactivating
Causing to function
enabling · energizing · deploying · launching · initiating
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