tranquilize
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become tranquil.
tranquillise
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a variation of
tranquilize.
Example Sentences
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The US does have the Federal Reserve, which does have some power to tranquillise bond markets.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
The state government held an all-party meeting and promised to cover medical expenses of those affected by such attacks, while the forest department said it had issued orders to tranquillise the elephant that attacked Joseph.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024
I endeavoured to tranquillise her by every means I could think of.
From With Axe and Rifle by H. Meyer
It did not do much to tranquillise him, when his friend, Roseveldt, entered the room, in the making of a morning call.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
I would willingly have stopped to try and tranquillise the alarm of Madame La Touche and Sophie, but I could not refuse my friend’s request.
From Paddy Finn by Archibald Webb
