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immobilize

Definitions

verb

  1. cause to be unable to move
  2. hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
  3. convert (assets) into fixed capital
  4. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
  5. to hold fast or prevent from moving
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Examples

The results showed that the matrix can adsorb L-asparaginase and recover high enzymic activity, The immobilize enzyme was more stable against trypsin than native enzyme.

Similarly, when the starter button is pressed, along with the clutch pedal, the system recognises the transponder signal, releases the engine immobiliser and the steering lock, and the engine starts.

Engine immobilisers and sophisticated locks leave many careless owners carless.

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petrify

Definitions

verb

  1. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
  2. make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
  3. change into stone

Examples

So, to cut a long story short, we spent most of the day in that Sport Hall, most of it spent petrifying me by making me do all sorts of crazy acrobatics.

There was a piercing, petrifying, eldritch screech.

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