tranquillise

verb

1. make calm or still

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quiet the dragons of worry and fear

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↑calm, ↑calm down, ↑quiet, ↑tranquilize, ↑tranquillize, ↑quieten, ↑lull, ↑still

• Ant: ↑agitate (for: ↑calm)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑still (for: ↑still), ↑lull (for: ↑lull), ↑tranquilizer (for: ↑tranquilize), ↑quiet (for: ↑quiet)

• Hypernyms: ↑comfort, ↑soothe, ↑console, ↑solace

• Hyponyms:

↑lull, ↑compose, ↑pacify, ↑lenify, ↑conciliate, ↑assuage, ↑appease, ↑mollify, ↑placate, ↑gentle, ↑gruntle, ↑reassure, ↑assure

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

2. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

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The patient must be sedated before the operation

• Syn: ↑sedate, ↑calm, ↑tranquilize, ↑tranquillize

• Ant: ↑stimulate (for: ↑sedate)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑tranquilliser, ↑tranquillizer (for: ↑tranquillize), ↑tranquilizer (for: ↑tranquilize), ↑calm (for: ↑calm), ↑sedative (for: ↑sedate), ↑sedation (for: ↑sedate)

• Hypernyms: ↑affect

• Hyponyms: ↑hypnotize, ↑hypnotise, ↑mesmerize, ↑mesmerise

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s somebody

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tranqˈuillize or tranqˈuillise, or (N American) tranqˈuilize transitive verb

To make tranquil or immobile, esp by sedation

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Main Entry: ↑tranquil

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tranquillise UK [ˈtræŋkwɪlaɪz] US [ˈtræŋkwəˌlaɪz]

a British spelling of tranquillize

Thesaurus: to make someone less nervous or upset_synonym to perform a medical test, treatment or operation_hyponym calm and relaxed_synonym