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tranquilize

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹæŋkwɪlaɪ̯z/Part of speech verbSorted aeiilnqrtuzStarts with TEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

Word origin

From Middle French tranquiliser. Analyzable as tranquil + -ize.

Used in a sentence

  • The escaped lion was finally tracked down, tranquilized, and safely returned to the zoo.
  • When the public protests, confronted with some obvious evidence of damaging results of pesticide applications, it is fed little tranquilizing pills of half truth.
  • 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.

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