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UK
/tɹˈænkwɪlˌaɪz/
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VERB
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cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
The patient must be sedated before the operation -
make calm or still
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
How To Use tranquillise In A Sentence
- My Mom took a job as a nursing orderly in a mental hospital where sleeping pills and tranquillisers were easily obtainable.
- Drugs found in Haim's system included the cough-suppressant dextromethorphan; the antihistamine diphenhydramine; carisoprodol, a prescription muscle relaxant; the tranquilizers diazepam and meprobamate, which are found in Valium and other medications; and the antidepressants fluoxetine and olanzapine. Corey Haim Cause Of Death: Pneumonia Complications, NOT Drugs
- The second function of music therapy is relaxation because the music can tranquilize the mind by nourishing the heart.
- A tube of pile ointment Tranquilizers of course, buffered aspirins and a bottle of monstrous half-blue, half-yellow capsules. Arcana Magi - c.1: Oryn Zentharis, Seeker of the Truth
- INSOMNIA ( CAN'T SLEEP? ) HONEY! Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.
- And specialist zoo staff were drafted in to advise and potentially tranquillise the wild animal. The Sun
- Alcohol also increases the effects of tranquilizers or barbiturates.
- And if so what will you tranquillise her with on the day? Times, Sunday Times
- It is vital to get the whole story, because symptomatic treatment for any of these complaints, e.g. sleeping pills, tranquilizers, or narcotics, could be worse than no treatment at all.
- Animal control officers managed to tranquilize the frightened creature and removed it.