Thesaurus:immobilize

Thesaurus

immobilize

English

Verb

Sense: to render motionless; to cause something to stop moving

Synonyms

• arrest
• draw up
• freeze
• halt
• immobilize
• stop    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• accelerate
• continue
• move    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• pull over

Hypernyms

• cause to desist
• decelerate
• hinder    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:stop
• Thesaurus:desist

Further reading

• “265. quiescence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “immobilize” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.