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How to pronounce tranquilize in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquillise, tranquillize
Type of soothe, console, solace, comfort
Has types reassure, appease, lenify, compose, mollify, pacify, placate, assuage, assure, lull, conciliate, gentle, gruntle
Derivation tranquilizer
Type Words
Synonyms calm, sedate, tranquillise, tranquillize
Type of affect
Has types hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerise, mesmerize
Derivation tranquilizer

Examples of tranquilize

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Authorities concluded that trying to tranquilize the animal was too risky.
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Once again, officials deemed it too dangerous to try to tranquilize the 80-pound cat.
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How incredibly lazy they won't just tranquilize them and relocate them.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Meanwhile, zookeepers believed several tigers were loose, and hoped to tranquilize them.
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We can tranquilize individuals in the midst of mania for a short period.
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Getting desperate, veterinarians agreed to tranquilize the cow.
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This episode, involving an attempt to tranquilize Bilko pharmaceutically, is as funny as most.
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Paul Pioneer Press in which the DNR officials explained why they didn't tranquilize the animal.
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In a remote setting, officials might tranquilize such an animal.
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More examples
  • Calm: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
  • Sedate: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
  • (tranquilizer) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity
  • (tranquilizing) ataractic: tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative properties before going to bed"
  • "Tranquilize" is a song by Las Vegas-based rock band, The Killers featuring Lou Reed. The song was written by Brandon Flowers and it is featured on the compilation album Sawdust.
  • A tranquilizer, or tranquiliser (see spelling differences), is a drug that induces tranquillity in an individual.
  • To use a drug to sedate a person or animal; To make something or someone tranquil; to pacify or calm; To become tranquil; to relax; To calm down
  • (Tranquilizer) Depressant drugs that relieve anxiety.
  • (Tranquilizer) An agent used for relief of anxiety.