Tranquilize

//ˈtɹæŋkwɪlaɪz//

Synonyms for "tranquilize" (97 found)

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Closest matches (20)

calm appease sedate soothe allay arrange array assuage balm becalm calm down cease compose concession conciliate console

Verb(4 words)

calm calm down sedate appease

Strong matches (29)

cool cool off cradle defuse deploy die down dispose dulcify dwindle ease ebb even even out form gentle grade halt harmonize hierarchize hush

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lay lay out lay the dust line up lull marshal methodize

Verb(2 words)

dart lull

Related words (48)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

affect comfort console solace soothe

Antonyms

1 entries

madden

Synonyms

5 entries

appease assuage calm sedate soothe

Related terms

3 entries

tranquil tranquility tranquilness

derived

4 entries

trank tranq tranquilization tranquilizer

related to

7 entries

calm calm down drug pacify relax sedate tranquil

Translations

27 translations across 13 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

упоявам verb (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)
успокоявам verb (to make something or someone tranquil)
успокоявам се verb (to become tranquil)
успокоявам се verb (to calm down)

Catalan

1 entries

tranquil·litzar verb (to make something or someone tranquil)

Dutch

1 entries

verdoven verb (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)

Esperanto

1 entries

trankviligi verb (to make something or someone tranquil)

Finnish

4 entries

antaa rauhoittavaa verb (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)
antaa rauhoittavia lääkkeitä verb (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)
asettua verb (to become tranquil)
laantua verb (to become tranquil)

French

4 entries

tranquilliser verb (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)
tranquilliser verb (to make something or someone tranquil)
tranquilliser verb (to become tranquil)
tranquilliser verb (to calm down)

Italian

1 entries

tranquillizzare verb (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)

Japanese

1 entries

鎮める verb (to make something or someone tranquil)

Maltese

1 entries

heddel verb (to make something or someone tranquil)

Norman

1 entries

trantchiliser verb (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)

Portuguese

2 entries

tranquilizar verb (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)
tranquilizar verb (to make something or someone tranquil)

Spanish

1 entries

sedar verb (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)

Turkish

1 entries

sakinleştirmek verb (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

Miss Ratched shall line us all against the wall, where we’ll face the terrible maw of a muzzle-loading shotgun which she has loaded with Miltowns! Thorazines! Libriums! Stelazines! And with a wave of her sword, blooie! Tranquilize all of us completely out of existence.

Source: wiktionary

When the public protests, confronted with some obvious evidence of damaging results of pesticide applications, it is fed little tranquilizing pills of half truth.

Source: wiktionary

1779, Frances Burney, Evelina, Dublin: Price, Corcoran et al., Volume 2, Letter 14, p. 87, […] with words of sweetest kindness and consolation, he soothed and tranquilised me.

Source: wiktionary

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