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Verb: tranquillize  'trang-kwu`lIz
  1. Make calm or still
    "tranquillize the dragons of worry and fear"
    - calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], quieten, lull, still
     
  2. Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
    "The patient must be tranquillized before the operation"
    - sedate, calm, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit]

Derived forms: tranquillized, tranquillizing, tranquillizes

See also: tranquillizer

Type of: affect, comfort, console, solace, soothe

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