verb
- to make immune or resistant to a particular disease, typically by vaccination
- to make someone or something immune or resistant to something harmful
Usage: medical
Usage: figurative
Examples
- Parents should immunize their children against measles.
- The doctor will immunize you before your trip to Africa.
- All students must be immunized before starting school.
- The vaccine helps immunize people against the flu.
- Reading widely can immunize you against propaganda.
- Experience had immunized him against disappointment.