tranquillize
verb /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/
/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/
(also -ise)
(both British English) (North American English tranquilize)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tranquillize | /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/ /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it tranquillizes | /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzɪz/ /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple tranquillized | /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzd/ /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle tranquillized | /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzd/ /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form tranquillizing | /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- 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.