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- Dictionarytranquillizing/ˈtraŋkwɪlʌɪzɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of a drug) having a calming or sedative effect: "the majority regarded tranquillizing drugs as the chief therapeutic weapon"
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TRANQUILLIZING definition: 1. present participle of tranquillize 2. to make an animal or person become unconscious or calm…. Learn more.
to make an animal or person become unconscious or calm, especially with a drug: a tranquillizing drug. The dogs were tranquillized with a dart gun and taken to a shelter. Synonym. sedate. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Medicines & drugs: administering drugs & medicines. anaesthesiology. anaesthetize. auto-injector. blood doping. bolus
especially : to relieve of mental tension and anxiety by means of drugs. intransitive verb. 1. : to become tranquil : relax sense 1. 2. : to make one tranquil. Synonyms. becalm. calm. compose. lullaby. quieten [chiefly British] salve. settle. soothe. still. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of tranquilize in a Sentence.
verb [ T ] UK (UK also tranquillise); (US tranquilize) uk / ˈtræŋ.kwɪ.laɪz / us / ˈtræŋ.kwə.laɪz /. to make an animal or person become unconscious or calm, especially with a drug: a tranquillizing drug. The dogs were tranquillized with a dart gun and taken to a shelter. Synonym. sedate.
To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug. This powerful drug is used to tranquilize patients undergoing surgery. [VERB noun] Synonyms: calm, sedate, knock out, lull More Synonyms of tranquillize. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
verb. /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/ (also -ise) (both British English) (North American English tranquilize) Verb Forms. tranquillize somebody/something to make a person or an animal calm or unconscious, especially by giving them a drug (= a tranquillizer) A gamekeeper tranquillized the rhinoceros with a drugged dart. Topics Healthcare c2. Definitions on the go.
tranquillizing. Definitions of tranquillizing. adjective. tending to soothe or tranquilize. synonyms: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, tranquilising, tranquilizing, tranquillising. depressant. capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent.
tranquillize. Other forms: tranquillized; tranquillizing; tranquillizes. Definitions of tranquillize. verb. make calm or still. synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise. see more. verb. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the verb tranquillize mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb tranquillize. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
transitive verb. To tranquilize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug. This powerful drug is used to tranquilize patients undergoing surgery. Synonyms: calm, sedate, knock out, lull More Synonyms of tranquilize. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
