C2verb · transitive · rare

tranquilize

tran·quil·ize

tranquilize · tranquilizes · tranquilized · tranquilizing

заспокоїти, заспокоювати

успокоить, успокаивать, успокоиться

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

US/ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋkwɪlaɪ̯z/

» The rangers tranquilized the jackal and removed her.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)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.
(literary, transitive)To make (something or someone) tranquil.
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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make calm or still
(transitive)To dart (a person or animal) with a sedative
The bear should go down several minutes after being tranquilized.
(intransitive, obsolete, rare)To become tranquil.

3 sentences

The rangers tranquilized the jackal and removed her.
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Ziri tranquilized the hyena.
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Mary needs to be tranquilized.
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By meaning 1

to make something or someone tranquil:

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

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tranquilizes, tranquilizing, tranquilized, tranquilized