tranquilizer
or tran·quil·liz·er
a person or thing that tranquilizes.
a drug that has a sedative or calming effect without inducing sleep.
Origin of tranquilizer
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How to use tranquilizer in a sentence
A breakthrough came in the 2010s, when several studies showed that ketamine, a horse tranquilizer and party drug, had jaw-dropping effects for depression.
Psychedelics Without the Trip Could Be ‘Healing Magic’ for Mental Health | Shelly Fan | February 1, 2022 | Singularity HubThey had to inject it with a potent elephant tranquilizer before it was safe to approach.
Invasion of the hippos: Colombia is running out of time to tackle Pablo Escobar’s wildest legacy | Sarah Kaplan | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe bears have to be darted with tranquilizers oftentimes from helicopters, for instance, or they have to be trapped in a culvert.
How scientists try to weigh some of the fattest bears on Earth | María Paula Rubiano A. | October 2, 2020 | Popular-ScienceNPY works as a natural tranquilizer that controls anxiety and buffers the effects of stress hormones like norepinephrine.
Another Tylenol and a tranquilizer three hours later don't do the trick and the demons do a shock and awe attack.
Another Tylenol and a tranquilizer three hours later didn't do the trick and the demons attacked in full force.
I'm down to a tranquilizer and a half a day and only a few are left.
Nobody could imagine a greater satisfaction than curling up with a good tranquilizer!
The Pirates of Ersatz | Murray LeinsterThere might be something in it that could help—a tranquilizer perhaps.
Planet of the Damned | Harry HarrisonI suggest that you stretch your legs in the park and feed the swans as a tranquilizer.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep! | Meredith Nicholson
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