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IMMUNISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they immunise ... he / she / it immunises
Past simple: immunised
Past participle: immunised
-ing form: immunising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
Example:
The nurse vaccinated the children in the school
Synonyms:
immunise; immunize; inoculate; vaccinate
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "immunise" is one way to...):
inject; shoot (give an injection to)
Domain category:
medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Law: grant immunity from prosecution
Synonyms:
immunise; immunize
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "immunise" is one way to...):
protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
