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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of immobilize.
  • adjective Subject to immobilization.

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Examples

  • In perhaps the most extraordinary case of this kind, Jim Montgomery, a paraplegic immobilized from the waist down, who smoked marijuana to relieve muscle spasms, was arrested in Sayre, Oklahoma, when sheriffs found two ounces of pot in the pouch on the back of his wheelchair.

    Reefer Madness 1994

  • In perhaps the most extraordinary case of this kind, Jim Montgomery, a paraplegic immobilized from the waist down, who smoked marijuana to relieve muscle spasms, was arrested in Sayre, Oklahoma, when sheriffs found two ounces of pot in the pouch on the back of his wheelchair.

    Reefer Madness 1994

  • On the videotape bin Laden appears haggard, his beard streaked with white and the left side of his upper body immobilized, which is unusual; he tends to gesture with both hands when he is speaking.

    The Long Hunt for Osama 2004

  • On the videotape bin Laden appears haggard, his beard streaked with white and the left side of his upper body immobilized, which is unusual; he tends to gesture with both hands when he is speaking.

    The Long Hunt for Osama 2004

  • The operation began Thursday when a Navy vessel contacted the pirates and "immobilized" the Tanit, it said.

    unknown title 2009

  • The operation began yesterday when a Navy vessel contacted the pirates and "immobilized" the Tanit, it said.

    unknown title 2009

  • The operation began Thursday when a Navy vessel contacted the pirates and "immobilized" the Tanit, it said.

    USATODAY.com News - Top Stories 2009

  • The operation began Thursday when a Navy vessel contacted the pirates and "immobilized" the Tanit, it said.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2009

  • The operation began Thursday when a Navy vessel contacted the pirates and "immobilized" the Tanit, it said.

    FOXNews.com 2009

  • The operation began Thursday when a Navy vessel contacted the pirates and "immobilized" the Tanit, it said.

    Statesman - AP Sports 2009

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