tranquilize
Other forms: tranquilizing; tranquilized; tranquilizes
If your cat Fluffy seems dazed after a visit to the vet, it’s probably because the vet had to tranquilize her. In other words, Fluffy was given a drug to calm her down or make her sleep.
When doctors tranquilize a patient, it's usually to calm or relax the person before a medical procedure or after some trauma. It's more common to hear the verb tranquilize in the context of animal medicine or encounters with wild animals. For example, if a bear wanders into a suburban neighborhood, officials might use a dart gun to tranquilize it; they can then safely capture and relocate the bear. The root word, tranquil, comes from the Latin tranquillus, meaning "quiet."
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make calm or stillsynonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquillise, tranquillize
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cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
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