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
Being sleepless, I lit a candle at twelve or one o'clock, and tried to tranquillise myself with a book.
From Thirty Years in Australia by Ada Cambridge
My assumed cheerfulness, and the merry turn I gave to all those dismal subjects of reflection, seemed to tranquillise him.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi
He returned home in order to tranquillise his wife and assure her that she need fear nothing worse.
From Count Br?hl by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
