Definition of tranquillize in English:

tranquillize

(US tranquilize) (British tranquillise)

verb ˈtraŋkwɪlʌɪzˈtræŋkwəˌlaɪz

[with object]usually as adjective tranquillizing

1(of a drug) have a calming or sedative effect on.
the majority regarded tranquillizing drugs as the chief therapeutic weapon
Example sentencesExamples
- It may well be that interpreting the first in terms of the latter motivates a doctor to bury his patient's existential despair under a heap of tranquilizing drugs.
- If she was, he was glad he'd taken the tranquilizing drugs to dampen out his responses, and to give him a more ‘pleasant’ personality.
- I have also tried a number of our strongest tranquilizing drugs, but nothing seems to curb his anger.
- They were taking more tranquilising drugs, they were in bigger proportion depressed.
- Generation after generation of families of families, systematically marginalised by their supposed betters and tranquillised by welfare and drugs, are doomed to the underclass.
- The guards are the life-support machines and the tranquilizing drugs.
- The discovery of Librium and other minor tranquilizing drugs provided an intriguing new approach to understanding the anxiety neuroses.
- The superintendent wanted her certified as mentally ill and when the psychiatrist refused, she called for the use of tranquillizing drugs, including by intramuscular injection.
- They have a tranquillising effect, without necessarily causing sleepiness.
- He hoped that its tranquillising effect could be used to give the patient some rest.
- Drinking alcohol does not produce true ‘relaxation’ - it ‘drugs’ or ‘tranquilizes’ the drinker, and alcohol cannot only disrupt sleep, it can cause stress.
- The 1950s saw the introduction of tranquilizing type drugs, and this did a lot to help deal with the anxiety many of the combat veterans were suffering from.
- Sapphire releases violet cosmic rays, which are cooling and tranquilizing.
- It is a tricyclic antidepressant with one of the most powerful anti-itch and antihistaminic effects, as well as sedative / tranquilizing effects.
- As he fought to rip the net apart, Francis noticed, with horror, that their struggles were only pulling the net tighter, causing it to inject increasing amounts of tranquilizing drugs into their bodies.
Synonyms
tranquillizing, calming, depressant, soothing, calmative, relaxing, soporific
1. 1.1 Administer a tranquillizer to (a person or animal)
  the dogs had to be tranquillized before their owner's body could be brought out
  Example sentencesExamples
  In such cases, they hold you down and tranquilize you, like an animal, like the unreachable wounded animal they consider you to be.
  Animal control officers managed to tranquilize the frightened creature and removed it.
  We had tried everything and the day we tranquilized her and still couldn't catch her I cried.
  In extreme cases, persistent elephants are tranquilized and transported to Uda Walawe National Park in southeastern Sri Lanka.
  Moss recently had to catch and tranquilize a female hippo who had unwittingly escaped from her steely enclosure late one night and had the run of the zoo.
  Eventually the bears were tranquilized Monday and moved to another den within their habitat, in hopes the pair would nod off to sleep again for another month.
  One of the soldiers went to go examine their leader and realized that he was just tranquilized.
  Lets face it the language we use to talk about the economy is plain boring, housing starts, GDP; you could tranquilize an elephant with that stuff.
  She also considered if she'd been tranquilised, but then it struck her.
  They were going to tranquilize her until the ceremony was performed.
  They are going to tranquilize the deer if they find him with tranquilizer guns, but they have to shoot the alligators.
  Vets were planning to tranquilize him, bring him to the park's wildlife rehabilitation center, and nurse him back to health.
  So why, he says, tranquillise the poor tiger and then open fire less than two seconds later?
  ‘Now, son, don't forget that we do have to tranquilize you, too,’ Andy tells me.
  Even more cunning, some of the gorillas pretend to be tranquilized.
  During the course of my study, I had occasion to tranquilize individuals of both my study species so that I could place radio collars around their necks for tracking purposes.
  The cats are tranquilized and given a physical, then tagged and released.
  I was highly tranquilised at the time and I really didn't know what was going on.
  He polished off the entire bottle before she was able to get him to hold still long enough for her to tranquilize him.
  He failed to snap out of a drugged sleep after he had been tranquillized to help move him.
  Synonyms
  sedate, calm (down), soothe, quiet, quieten (down), pacify, settle someone's/something's nerves, mollify, lull, relax
  stupefy, anaesthetize, narcotize, knock out, drug
  administer a sedative/tranquillizer to
  informal dope, zonk
2. 1.2literary Make tranquil.
  joys that tranquillize the mind
  Example sentencesExamples
  This track, with its lilting verses and gently lifting (sounds like a brassiere, but it isn't) accordion phrase, stays in my head, tranquilizing me.
  The second function of music therapy is relaxation because the music can tranquilize the mind by nourishing the heart.
  To be plopped in the river's midst, in a canoe, on a spectacular day, is tranquilizing.
  Her voice chokes and cracks breathlessly just above the mix; cymbal washes slowly tranquilize the listener.
  The feeling of being alone had somehow tranquilized me; it made me feel at ease.

Definition of tranquilize in US English:

tranquilize

(British tranquillize, tranquillise)

verbˈtræŋkwəˌlaɪzˈtraNGkwəˌlīz

[with object]usually as adjective tranquilizing

1(of a drug) have a calming or sedative effect on.
the majority regarded tranquilizing drugs as the chief therapeutic weapon
Example sentencesExamples
- If she was, he was glad he'd taken the tranquilizing drugs to dampen out his responses, and to give him a more ‘pleasant’ personality.
- Sapphire releases violet cosmic rays, which are cooling and tranquilizing.
- He hoped that its tranquillising effect could be used to give the patient some rest.
- The superintendent wanted her certified as mentally ill and when the psychiatrist refused, she called for the use of tranquillizing drugs, including by intramuscular injection.
- Generation after generation of families of families, systematically marginalised by their supposed betters and tranquillised by welfare and drugs, are doomed to the underclass.
- The 1950s saw the introduction of tranquilizing type drugs, and this did a lot to help deal with the anxiety many of the combat veterans were suffering from.
- The discovery of Librium and other minor tranquilizing drugs provided an intriguing new approach to understanding the anxiety neuroses.
- As he fought to rip the net apart, Francis noticed, with horror, that their struggles were only pulling the net tighter, causing it to inject increasing amounts of tranquilizing drugs into their bodies.
- I have also tried a number of our strongest tranquilizing drugs, but nothing seems to curb his anger.
- It is a tricyclic antidepressant with one of the most powerful anti-itch and antihistaminic effects, as well as sedative / tranquilizing effects.
- They were taking more tranquilising drugs, they were in bigger proportion depressed.
- It may well be that interpreting the first in terms of the latter motivates a doctor to bury his patient's existential despair under a heap of tranquilizing drugs.
- The guards are the life-support machines and the tranquilizing drugs.
- They have a tranquillising effect, without necessarily causing sleepiness.
- Drinking alcohol does not produce true ‘relaxation’ - it ‘drugs’ or ‘tranquilizes’ the drinker, and alcohol cannot only disrupt sleep, it can cause stress.
Synonyms
tranquillizing, calming, depressant, soothing, calmative, relaxing, soporific
1. 1.1 Administer a tranquilizing drug to (a person or animal)
  the stray elk was tranquilized and relocated
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘Now, son, don't forget that we do have to tranquilize you, too,’ Andy tells me.
  So why, he says, tranquillise the poor tiger and then open fire less than two seconds later?
  The cats are tranquilized and given a physical, then tagged and released.
  One of the soldiers went to go examine their leader and realized that he was just tranquilized.
  He polished off the entire bottle before she was able to get him to hold still long enough for her to tranquilize him.
  We had tried everything and the day we tranquilized her and still couldn't catch her I cried.
  She also considered if she'd been tranquilised, but then it struck her.
  They were going to tranquilize her until the ceremony was performed.
  Even more cunning, some of the gorillas pretend to be tranquilized.
  In extreme cases, persistent elephants are tranquilized and transported to Uda Walawe National Park in southeastern Sri Lanka.
  In such cases, they hold you down and tranquilize you, like an animal, like the unreachable wounded animal they consider you to be.
  Vets were planning to tranquilize him, bring him to the park's wildlife rehabilitation center, and nurse him back to health.
  He failed to snap out of a drugged sleep after he had been tranquillized to help move him.
  During the course of my study, I had occasion to tranquilize individuals of both my study species so that I could place radio collars around their necks for tracking purposes.
  They are going to tranquilize the deer if they find him with tranquilizer guns, but they have to shoot the alligators.
  Eventually the bears were tranquilized Monday and moved to another den within their habitat, in hopes the pair would nod off to sleep again for another month.
  I was highly tranquilised at the time and I really didn't know what was going on.
  Moss recently had to catch and tranquilize a female hippo who had unwittingly escaped from her steely enclosure late one night and had the run of the zoo.
  Animal control officers managed to tranquilize the frightened creature and removed it.
  Lets face it the language we use to talk about the economy is plain boring, housing starts, GDP; you could tranquilize an elephant with that stuff.
  Synonyms
  sedate, calm, calm down, soothe, quiet, quieten, quieten down, pacify, settle someone's nerves, settle something's nerves, mollify, lull, relax
2. 1.2literary Make tranquil.
  joys that tranquilize the mind
  Example sentencesExamples
  This track, with its lilting verses and gently lifting (sounds like a brassiere, but it isn't) accordion phrase, stays in my head, tranquilizing me.
  The feeling of being alone had somehow tranquilized me; it made me feel at ease.
  The second function of music therapy is relaxation because the music can tranquilize the mind by nourishing the heart.
  To be plopped in the river's midst, in a canoe, on a spectacular day, is tranquilizing.
  Her voice chokes and cracks breathlessly just above the mix; cymbal washes slowly tranquilize the listener.

单词	tranquillize
释义	Definition of tranquillize in English: tranquillize (US tranquilize) (British tranquillise) verb ˈtraŋkwɪlʌɪzˈtræŋkwəˌlaɪz [with object]usually as adjective tranquillizing 1(of a drug) have a calming or sedative effect on. the majority regarded tranquillizing drugs as the chief therapeutic weapon Example sentencesExamples It may well be that interpreting the first in terms of the latter motivates a doctor to bury his patient's existential despair under a heap of tranquilizing drugs. If she was, he was glad he'd taken the tranquilizing drugs to dampen out his responses, and to give him a more ‘pleasant’ personality. I have also tried a number of our strongest tranquilizing drugs, but nothing seems to curb his anger. They were taking more tranquilising drugs, they were in bigger proportion depressed. Generation after generation of families of families, systematically marginalised by their supposed betters and tranquillised by welfare and drugs, are doomed to the underclass. The guards are the life-support machines and the tranquilizing drugs. The discovery of Librium and other minor tranquilizing drugs provided an intriguing new approach to understanding the anxiety neuroses. The superintendent wanted her certified as mentally ill and when the psychiatrist refused, she called for the use of tranquillizing drugs, including by intramuscular injection. They have a tranquillising effect, without necessarily causing sleepiness. He hoped that its tranquillising effect could be used to give the patient some rest. Drinking alcohol does not produce true ‘relaxation’ - it ‘drugs’ or ‘tranquilizes’ the drinker, and alcohol cannot only disrupt sleep, it can cause stress. The 1950s saw the introduction of tranquilizing type drugs, and this did a lot to help deal with the anxiety many of the combat veterans were suffering from. Sapphire releases violet cosmic rays, which are cooling and tranquilizing. It is a tricyclic antidepressant with one of the most powerful anti-itch and antihistaminic effects, as well as sedative / tranquilizing effects. As he fought to rip the net apart, Francis noticed, with horror, that their struggles were only pulling the net tighter, causing it to inject increasing amounts of tranquilizing drugs into their bodies. Synonyms tranquillizing, calming, depressant, soothing, calmative, relaxing, soporific 1.1 Administer a tranquillizer to (a person or animal) the dogs had to be tranquillized before their owner's body could be brought out Example sentencesExamples In such cases, they hold you down and tranquilize you, like an animal, like the unreachable wounded animal they consider you to be. Animal control officers managed to tranquilize the frightened creature and removed it. We had tried everything and the day we tranquilized her and still couldn't catch her I cried. In extreme cases, persistent elephants are tranquilized and transported to Uda Walawe National Park in southeastern Sri Lanka. Moss recently had to catch and tranquilize a female hippo who had unwittingly escaped from her steely enclosure late one night and had the run of the zoo. Eventually the bears were tranquilized Monday and moved to another den within their habitat, in hopes the pair would nod off to sleep again for another month. One of the soldiers went to go examine their leader and realized that he was just tranquilized. Lets face it the language we use to talk about the economy is plain boring, housing starts, GDP; you could tranquilize an elephant with that stuff. She also considered if she'd been tranquilised, but then it struck her. They were going to tranquilize her until the ceremony was performed. They are going to tranquilize the deer if they find him with tranquilizer guns, but they have to shoot the alligators. Vets were planning to tranquilize him, bring him to the park's wildlife rehabilitation center, and nurse him back to health. So why, he says, tranquillise the poor tiger and then open fire less than two seconds later? ‘Now, son, don't forget that we do have to tranquilize you, too,’ Andy tells me. Even more cunning, some of the gorillas pretend to be tranquilized. During the course of my study, I had occasion to tranquilize individuals of both my study species so that I could place radio collars around their necks for tracking purposes. The cats are tranquilized and given a physical, then tagged and released. I was highly tranquilised at the time and I really didn't know what was going on. He polished off the entire bottle before she was able to get him to hold still long enough for her to tranquilize him. He failed to snap out of a drugged sleep after he had been tranquillized to help move him. Synonyms sedate, calm (down), soothe, quiet, quieten (down), pacify, settle someone's/something's nerves, mollify, lull, relax stupefy, anaesthetize, narcotize, knock out, drug administer a sedative/tranquillizer to informal dope, zonk 1.2literary Make tranquil. joys that tranquillize the mind Example sentencesExamples This track, with its lilting verses and gently lifting (sounds like a brassiere, but it isn't) accordion phrase, stays in my head, tranquilizing me. The second function of music therapy is relaxation because the music can tranquilize the mind by nourishing the heart. To be plopped in the river's midst, in a canoe, on a spectacular day, is tranquilizing. Her voice chokes and cracks breathlessly just above the mix; cymbal washes slowly tranquilize the listener. The feeling of being alone had somehow tranquilized me; it made me feel at ease. Definition of tranquilize in US English: tranquilize (British tranquillize, tranquillise) verbˈtræŋkwəˌlaɪzˈtraNGkwəˌlīz [with object]usually as adjective tranquilizing 1(of a drug) have a calming or sedative effect on. the majority regarded tranquilizing drugs as the chief therapeutic weapon Example sentencesExamples If she was, he was glad he'd taken the tranquilizing drugs to dampen out his responses, and to give him a more ‘pleasant’ personality. Sapphire releases violet cosmic rays, which are cooling and tranquilizing. He hoped that its tranquillising effect could be used to give the patient some rest. The superintendent wanted her certified as mentally ill and when the psychiatrist refused, she called for the use of tranquillizing drugs, including by intramuscular injection. Generation after generation of families of families, systematically marginalised by their supposed betters and tranquillised by welfare and drugs, are doomed to the underclass. The 1950s saw the introduction of tranquilizing type drugs, and this did a lot to help deal with the anxiety many of the combat veterans were suffering from. The discovery of Librium and other minor tranquilizing drugs provided an intriguing new approach to understanding the anxiety neuroses. As he fought to rip the net apart, Francis noticed, with horror, that their struggles were only pulling the net tighter, causing it to inject increasing amounts of tranquilizing drugs into their bodies. I have also tried a number of our strongest tranquilizing drugs, but nothing seems to curb his anger. It is a tricyclic antidepressant with one of the most powerful anti-itch and antihistaminic effects, as well as sedative / tranquilizing effects. They were taking more tranquilising drugs, they were in bigger proportion depressed. It may well be that interpreting the first in terms of the latter motivates a doctor to bury his patient's existential despair under a heap of tranquilizing drugs. The guards are the life-support machines and the tranquilizing drugs. They have a tranquillising effect, without necessarily causing sleepiness. Drinking alcohol does not produce true ‘relaxation’ - it ‘drugs’ or ‘tranquilizes’ the drinker, and alcohol cannot only disrupt sleep, it can cause stress. Synonyms tranquillizing, calming, depressant, soothing, calmative, relaxing, soporific 1.1 Administer a tranquilizing drug to (a person or animal) the stray elk was tranquilized and relocated Example sentencesExamples ‘Now, son, don't forget that we do have to tranquilize you, too,’ Andy tells me. So why, he says, tranquillise the poor tiger and then open fire less than two seconds later? The cats are tranquilized and given a physical, then tagged and released. One of the soldiers went to go examine their leader and realized that he was just tranquilized. He polished off the entire bottle before she was able to get him to hold still long enough for her to tranquilize him. We had tried everything and the day we tranquilized her and still couldn't catch her I cried. She also considered if she'd been tranquilised, but then it struck her. They were going to tranquilize her until the ceremony was performed. Even more cunning, some of the gorillas pretend to be tranquilized. In extreme cases, persistent elephants are tranquilized and transported to Uda Walawe National Park in southeastern Sri Lanka. In such cases, they hold you down and tranquilize you, like an animal, like the unreachable wounded animal they consider you to be. Vets were planning to tranquilize him, bring him to the park's wildlife rehabilitation center, and nurse him back to health. He failed to snap out of a drugged sleep after he had been tranquillized to help move him. During the course of my study, I had occasion to tranquilize individuals of both my study species so that I could place radio collars around their necks for tracking purposes. They are going to tranquilize the deer if they find him with tranquilizer guns, but they have to shoot the alligators. Eventually the bears were tranquilized Monday and moved to another den within their habitat, in hopes the pair would nod off to sleep again for another month. I was highly tranquilised at the time and I really didn't know what was going on. Moss recently had to catch and tranquilize a female hippo who had unwittingly escaped from her steely enclosure late one night and had the run of the zoo. Animal control officers managed to tranquilize the frightened creature and removed it. Lets face it the language we use to talk about the economy is plain boring, housing starts, GDP; you could tranquilize an elephant with that stuff. Synonyms sedate, calm, calm down, soothe, quiet, quieten, quieten down, pacify, settle someone's nerves, settle something's nerves, mollify, lull, relax 1.2literary Make tranquil. joys that tranquilize the mind Example sentencesExamples This track, with its lilting verses and gently lifting (sounds like a brassiere, but it isn't) accordion phrase, stays in my head, tranquilizing me. The feeling of being alone had somehow tranquilized me; it made me feel at ease. The second function of music therapy is relaxation because the music can tranquilize the mind by nourishing the heart. To be plopped in the river's midst, in a canoe, on a spectacular day, is tranquilizing. Her voice chokes and cracks breathlessly just above the mix; cymbal washes slowly tranquilize the listener.
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