tranquilizer
noun
a person or thing that tranquilizes.
tranquilizers
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pluralof tranquilizer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The bears ultimately returned to her home before tranquilizers were used.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Police and emergency workers managed to corner the zebra after it entered a narrow alleyway between houses and shot it with tranquilizers, ending its three hours of freedom.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
"You should not swallow informational tranquilizers," Mikhail Khodaryonok, a retired colonel, told the "60 Minutes" talk show on Rossiya-1 hosted by Olga Skabeyeva, one of the most pro-Kremlin journalists on television.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2022
Fish and Wildlife officers responded as well, armed with tranquilizers, and successfully subdued the animal, which passed out with its head in the sink and a broken screen on the floor below.
From Fox News ● May 26, 2021
To make the bonobos feel secure, we decide to keep them in the crates until morning, sleeping in tents alongside them while we wait for the tranquilizers to wear off.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
