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    TRANQUILLIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they tranquillize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it tranquillizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: tranquillized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: tranquillized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: tranquillizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative toplay

    Example:

    The patient must be sedated before the operation

    Synonyms:

    calm; sedate; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "tranquillize" is one way to...):

    affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tranquillize"):

    hypnotise; hypnotize; mesmerise; mesmerize (induce hypnosis in)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    tranquillizer (a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Make calm or stillplay

    Example:

    quiet the dragons of worry and fear

    Synonyms:

    calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of feeling

    Hypernyms (to "tranquillize" is one way to...):

    comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tranquillize"):

    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)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

    Sentence example:

    The performance is likely to tranquillize Sue

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