tranquilize

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.

   The escaped lion was finally tracked down, tranquilized, and safely returned to the zoo.

2. verb To make (something or someone) tranquil.
3. verb To become tranquil.
4. verb To dart (a person or animal) with a sedative

   The bear should go down several minutes after being tranquilized.

5. verb ↑ Thomas Blount, Glossographia, London: George Sawbridge, 1661: “Tranquillize […] to make quiet, still or calm, to cause tranquility.”

Similar words

tranquillize calm down lull quieten quiet sedate calm still tranquilise tranquillise

Often followed by

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Word family

tranquilized tranquilizes tranquilizing tranquillize tranquillized tranquillizes tranquillizing