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    tran·quil·ize
    [ˈtraNGkwəˌlīz]
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    tranquillize (verb) · tranquillizes (third person present) · tranquillized (past tense) · tranquillized (past participle) · tranquillizing (present participle) · tranquilize (verb) · tranquilizes (third person present) · tranquilized (past tense) · tranquilized (past participle) · tranquilizing (present participle)
    1. (of a drug) have a calming or sedative effect on:
      "one dose will tranquilize a 10,000 pound elephant"
      • administer a tranquilizing drug to (a person or animal):
        "the stray elk was tranquilized and relocated"
      • make tranquil:
        "joys that tranquilize the mind"
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    What does tranquilize mean in English?
    Word forms: tranquillizes , tranquillizing , tranquillized language note: The spellings tranquilize in American English, and tranquillise in British English, are also used. To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug.

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    What does it mean to tranquilize a person or an animal?
    To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug. This powerful drug is used to tranquilize patients undergoing surgery. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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    Where did the word tranquilize come from?
    OED's earliest evidence for tranquillize is from 1623, in the writing of Henry Cockeram, lexicographer. tranquillize is of multiple origins. Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: tranquil adj., ‑ize suffix; French tranquilliser.

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    What is a tranquillizer in a sentence?
    tranquillize somebody/something to make a person or an animal calm or unconscious, especially by giving them a drug (= a tranquillizer) A gamekeeper tranquillized the rhinoceros with a drugged dart. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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  3. English Language Learners Definition of tranquilize. : to use a drug to cause (a person or animal) to become very relaxed and calm. See the full definition for tranquilize in the English Language Learners Dictionary.

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    tranquilize verb [ T ] US (UK tranquillize, tranquillise) us / ˈtræŋ.kwə.laɪz / uk / ˈtræŋ.kwɪ.laɪz / Add to word list to make an animal or person become unconscious or calm, especially with a drug:

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    to make an animal or person become unconscious or calm, especially with a drug: a tranquillizing drug. The dogs were tranquillized with a dart gun and taken to a shelter. Synonym.

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