tranquillizer
Britishnoun
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a drug that calms a person without affecting clarity of consciousness
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anything that tranquillizes
Example Sentences
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Aiming a rifle-like tranquillizer gun out the window of her Toyota Landcruiser, Otto shot a dart into each rhino, generally from around 50 yards.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021
“Halt,” he said, patting the tranquillizer gun at his side.
From Nature • Apr. 7, 2020
Things begin to stir as David and the other residents, armed with tranquillizer guns, are forced to go hunting.
From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016
Now, nature is intervening — and could either save the landmark project without the need for tranquillizer darts and wolf crates, or sound its death knell.
From Nature • Feb. 12, 2014
It is this persuasion, which men usually arrive at 137 only in their maturity, that operates as the most effectual tranquillizer of frivolous activities.
From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
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