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tranquilizing

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Meaning

  1. adjective Of a drug: having the effect of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep; sedating, sedative.
  2. adjective Having the effect of making someone or something tranquil; calming, soothing.
  3. noun gerund of tranquilize The act of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep, using a drug. The act of making someone or something tranquil.
  4. noun The act of calming a person or animal, or putting them to sleep, using a drug.
  5. noun The act of making someone or something tranquil.
  6. verb present participle and gerund of tranquilize

Similar words

ataractic sedative depressant ataraxic thalidomide calmative anxiolytic opiate soporific hypnotic

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drugs effect drug and agents effects medication the agent action

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