tranquilizer
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- noun
- /ˈtræŋkwəˌlaɪzər/
- Specialized
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ansiolítico
- In recent years, illicit use of pharmaceutical analgesics and tranquilizers has become increasingly common.
- sedatives and tranquilizers
- benzodiazepine tranquilizers
- barbiturates and tranquilizers
It's, it's a tranquilliser like a, I've been told it's a tranquilliser that they used to transport fish.
- It's, it's a tranquilliser like a, I've been told it's a tranquilliser that they used to transport fish.
- Like obviously what I know now is they kept injecting us with tranquilizers.
- The Yeah, I mean, that's OK as a kind of tranquilizer, but this is nice anyway, never mind that.
- Now, there was an interesting reference to what happens if you don't have the tranquilizers when you go into jump.
Examples
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France is the country with the highest consumption of tranquilizers and antidepressant drugs.
Academic text (1990) -
I think he's having a negative reaction to the tranquilizers.
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Hold him while I get the tranquilizer.
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I need a horse tranquilizer.
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Ill give her a mild tranquilizer.
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The product was a drug, a tranquilizer called Ephemerol.
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That's what tranquilizers are for.
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Lotty had given her a mild tranquilizer and something to control her nausea.
Fiction book (1990) -
Dr. Pol gives Vegas a tranquilizer and local anesthetic to numb the area.
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The doctor prescribed a tranquilizer to help manage her anxiety during the stressful period.
Synonyms
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A drug that makes a person or animal calm
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Something that helps someone feel calm, like tea or soft music
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A medicine or drink that makes you feel less worried
A drug that reduces stress without making you sleepy or unable to think clearly
A drug that reduces anxiety without making you sleepy or confused
A drug that reduces anxiety without making you sleepy
A medicine that reduces stress without making you feel confused
A drug that reduces worry and calms tension
A medicine that makes worry and stress less without making you very sleepy
A drug that makes a person or animal calm and sleepy
A medicine that calms you and makes you sleepy
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
Strong medicine that calms people with serious mental illness like schizophrenia
- Archaic
A medicine that makes worry and stress less without making you very sleepy
How Calming
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
tranquilizer = tranquilize (transparent) = tranquil + ize + er
Formed by verbing 'tranquil' with '-ize' and then nominalizing with '-er'; the agent/instrument sense is directly inferable.
Etymology
Tranquilizer comes from tranquil, which means 'calm' or 'quiet', plus the parts -ize meaning 'to make' and -er meaning 'one that does'. So a tranquilizer is literally something that 'makes calm', which is why it is a drug used to reduce anxiety and keep someone peaceful.