tranquilize

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verb

1. make calm or still
- quiet the dragons of worry and fear
• Syn:
calm, calm down, quiet, tranquillize, tranquillise,
quieten, lull, still
• Ant:
agitate (for: calm)
• Derivationally related forms:
still (for: still), lull (for: lull), tranquilizer, quiet (for: quiet)
• Hypernyms:
comfort, soothe, console, solace
• Hyponyms:
lull, compose, pacify, lenify, conciliate,
assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle,
reassure, assure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Sam cannot tranquilize Sue
2. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
- The patient must be sedated before the operation
• Syn:
sedate, calm, tranquillize, tranquillise
• Ant:
stimulate (for: sedate)
• Derivationally related forms:
tranquilliser (for: tranquillise), tranquillizer (for: tranquillize), tranquilizer, calm (for: calm), sedative (for: sedate), sedation (for: sedate)
• Hypernyms:
affect
• Hyponyms:
hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody