Another word for immobilize

To render powerless or motionless, as by inflicting severe injury

• paralyze

  1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic.
  2. To make unable to move or act:
  3. To impair the progress or functioning of; make inoperative or powerless:

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  1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic.
  2. To make unable to move or act:
  3. To impair the progress or functioning of; make inoperative or powerless:

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• knock out

  1. To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
  2. (idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
  3. (idiomatic) To put to sleep.

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  1. To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
  2. (idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
  3. (idiomatic) To put to sleep.

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• incapacitate

  1. To deprive of strength or ability; disable.
  2. To make legally ineligible; disqualify.

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  1. To deprive of strength or ability; disable.
  2. To make legally ineligible; disqualify.

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• disable

  1. To deprive of capability or effectiveness, especially to impair the physical abilities of.
  2. To render legally incapable of performing an act.

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  1. To deprive of capability or effectiveness, especially to impair the physical abilities of.
  2. To render legally incapable of performing an act.

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• cripple

  1. A person who is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs:
  2. An animal that is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs:
  3. A damaged or defective object or device:

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  1. A person who is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs:
  2. An animal that is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs:
  3. A damaged or defective object or device:

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To cause to cease regular activity

• tie-up

  1. A temporary immobilization, as of traffic, work, or mechanical operation.

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  1. A temporary immobilization, as of traffic, work, or mechanical operation.

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• stop

  1. To close (an opening or hole) by covering, filling in, or plugging up:
  2. To constrict (an opening or orifice):
  3. To obstruct or block passage on (a road, for example).

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  1. To close (an opening or hole) by covering, filling in, or plugging up:
  2. To constrict (an opening or orifice):
  3. To obstruct or block passage on (a road, for example).

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• idle

  1. Not employed or busy:
  2. Disinclined to work or be active; lazy:
  3. Not in use or operation:

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  1. Not employed or busy:
  2. Disinclined to work or be active; lazy:
  3. Not in use or operation:

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