Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To render immune.
- transitive verb To produce immunity in, as by inoculation.
- transitive verb Law To grant immunity from prosecution or suit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To produce immunity in; render immune.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make someone or something
immune to something. - verb transitive To
inoculate someone, as thus produceimmunity from a disease.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
- verb law: grant immunity from prosecution
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Examples
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And if China were to designate John Yoo and Marc Thiessen as "enemy combatants," would the use of this invented designation immunize Chinese authorities from criminal liability for water boarding Thiessen and Yoo?
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And if China were to designate John Yoo and Marc Thiessen as "enemy combatants," would the use of this invented designation immunize Chinese authorities from criminal liability for water boarding Thiessen and Yoo?
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And if China were to designate John Yoo and Marc Thiessen as "enemy combatants," would the use of this invented designation immunize Chinese authorities from criminal liability for water boarding Thiessen and Yoo?
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And if China were to designate John Yoo and Marc Thiessen as "enemy combatants," would the use of this invented designation immunize Chinese authorities from criminal liability for water boarding Thiessen and Yoo?
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And if China were to designate John Yoo and Marc Thiessen as "enemy combatants," would the use of this invented designation immunize Chinese authorities from criminal liability for water boarding Thiessen and Yoo?
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And if China were to designate John Yoo and Marc Thiessen as "enemy combatants," would the use of this invented designation immunize Chinese authorities from criminal liability for water boarding Thiessen and Yoo?
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And if China were to designate John Yoo and Marc Thiessen as "enemy combatants," would the use of this invented designation immunize Chinese authorities from criminal liability for water boarding Thiessen and Yoo?
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And if China were to designate John Yoo and Marc Thiessen as "enemy combatants," would the use of this invented designation immunize Chinese authorities from criminal liability for water boarding Thiessen and Yoo?
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And if China were to designate John Yoo and Marc Thiessen as "enemy combatants," would the use of this invented designation immunize Chinese authorities from criminal liability for water boarding Thiessen and Yoo?
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And if China were to designate John Yoo and Marc Thiessen as "enemy combatants," would the use of this invented designation immunize Chinese authorities from criminal liability for water boarding Thiessen and Yoo?
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