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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immunise.

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Examples

  • In effect, the presence of these genes "immunises" the plant against the disease.

    EDP24 News 2010

  • In effect, the presence of these genes "immunises" the plant against the disease.

    EDP24 News 2010

  • In effect, the presence of these genes "immunises" the plant against the disease.

    EDP24 News 2010

  • Fang, for instance, becomes convinced that, as an asthma sufferer, he and others like him using inhalers are taking a steroid that not only helps their asthma but immunises them against the optimism epidemic that is so virulent in China.

    unknown title 2011

  • Fang, for instance, becomes convinced that, as an asthma sufferer, he and others like him using inhalers are taking a steroid that not only helps their asthma but immunises them against the optimism epidemic that is so virulent in China.

    unknown title 2011

  • Privacy Protection Act, which broadly immunises news organisations from searches - unless, in some cases, the journalists themselves committed the crime.

    Latest Articles | BuilderAU.com.au Declan McCullagh 2010

  • Privacy Protection Act, which broadly immunises news organisations from searches - unless, in some cases, the journalists themselves committed the crime.

    CNET Australia Declan McCullagh 2010

  • The vaccine called pentavalent immunises human body against diseases such as diphtheria, whooping chough, tetanus, Hepatitis B and Haemo Philes Influenza B. Dr Shyam Raj Upreti, director of CHD, said the vaccine would help bring down child mortality rate to a large extent.

    The Himalayan Times RSS 2009

  • Schoolgirls aged between 12 and 17 have started receiving the first instalment of the HPV jag, which immunises them against a virus which causes 70 per cent of cervical cancer cases.

    unknown title 2008

  • The vaccination, which immunises against the most common form of cervical cancer, the sexually transmitted Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), is given to all year-eight girls as a course of three injections over a period of six months.

    Christian Today 2008

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