immobilize
verb
[ ɪˈməʊbɪlʌɪz ]
• prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal.
• "the car had been immobilized by a wheel clamp"
Similar:
put out of action,
disable,
prevent from moving/working,
make inoperative,
render inactive,
inactivate,
deactivate,
paralyse,
cripple,
bring to a standstill,
bring to a halt,
halt,
stop,
clamp,
wheel-clamp,
disenable,
Origin:
late 19th century: from French immobiliser, from immobile (see immobile).
