tranquillize

Other forms: tranquillized; tranquillizing; tranquillizes

Definitions of tranquillize
  1. verb
    make calm or still
    synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise
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    Antonyms:
    agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on
    cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
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    lull
    calm by deception
    compose
    calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet
    appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
    assure, reassure
    cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
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    comfort, console, solace, soothe
    give moral or emotional strength to
  2. verb
    cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
    synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise
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    Antonyms:
    arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate
    cause to be alert and energetic
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    hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerise, mesmerize
    induce hypnosis in
    entrance, spellbind
    put into a trance
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    affect
    act physically on; have an effect upon
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