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Definition of tranquillize verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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.
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previously
adverb
 
 
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