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adjective

variants also tranquillized
as in relieved

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verb

variants also tranquillized
past tense of tranquilize
as in calmed
to free from distress or disturbance at long last the crying baby was tranquilized by the steady rocking of her cradle

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Recent Examples of tranquilized
Verb
The mountain lion was later safely and humanely tranquilized by a biologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), with assistance from wildlife officers and local law enforcement, according to NBC4 and the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 Wildlife officials arrived and eventually successfully tranquilized the cougar, but only after several tense hours where residents were warned to stay indoors. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 Neukgu was finally found and tranquilized on a hill near an expressway early Friday, after an hours-long search involving drones, police and emergency workers and veterinarians, according to city and zoo officials. — ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026 He was tranquilized from approximately 20 meters (66 feet) away. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026 The mountain lion was tranquilized and removed to be relocated, the publication said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2026 California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials hauling a mother bear to their vehicle after it was tranquilized and captured in Monrovia on Sunday afternoon. — Laurie Perez, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026 In October, officials tranquilized three adult wolves from a helicopter, then injected them with chemical euthanasia. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026 The male, not quite 2 years old, was safely tranquilized and captured after a 30-hour search Tuesday and has since been released back into his habitat in the Santa Cruz Mountains. — Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tranquilized
  1. relieved
  2. calmed
  3. relaxed
  4. soothed
  5. bovine
  6. lulled
  7. phlegmatic
  8. composed
Adjective
  • Thanks to the swift response, the missing dog was safely reunited with her relieved family, bringing an emotional end to nearly 10 days of uncertainty and searching.
    — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 22 July 2026
  • Families are relieved services will continue uninterrupted, but the experience has left them reflecting how quickly stability can change for people who depend on these programs.
    — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Definition of relieved
Verb
  • Her son has a memory of her flat on her back on her bed, in a white nightgown, a type of inert mother he can sometimes be calmed by.
    — Diane Williams, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
  • Of course, when Netflix underwent some turbulence a few years ago, the company also made a lot of bold moves in response, such as the aforementioned addition of an advertising tier, and those actions ultimately calmed investors’ nerves.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of calmed
Adjective
  • Cities breathe a little easier, celebrated museums and archaeological sites can be explored without long lines, local restaurants return to serving their own communities, and the pace becomes noticeably more relaxed.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 24 July 2026
  • Staying true to the relaxed spirit of the place, Blank’s team kept construction within the original 1960s guest facility footprint.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of relaxed
Verb
  • That soothed the huge disappointment of their soccer team — World Cup runners-up in 2006 — who went on strike and refused to train before crashing out of the group stages.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Oil prices fell to their lowest level since the US-Israel war with Iran, as growing signs of a tentative return to normality through the Strait of Hormuz soothed markets.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of soothed
Adjective
  • His psychedelic paintings, sometimes painted in the style of Russian Orthodox icons, often depicted Putin with a bovine nose or hugging pigs.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
  • Among them are several sustainability goals incentivizing Kering brands to adopt alternative materials like mycelium and to reduce the intensity of bovine leather products.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 11 June 2026
Definition of bovine
Verb
  • Despite the belligerents’ massive wartime potential, populations and policymakers were lulled into a false sense of control.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Exhausted parents may also be lulled to sleep by the ocean effects!
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 July 2026
Definition of lulled
Adjective
  • The thickset Armand Assante was a phlegmatic Odysseus, but Greta Scacchi, as Penelope—who has so little to say in the poem—became the physical embodiment of anger, and Isabella Rossellini was a teasing Athena.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Shinichi Atobe’s arresting house and techno beams with inimitable candor, built from bright, phlegmatic loops that run on an eccentric internal logic.
    — Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of phlegmatic
Verb
  • But it was created as a state composed of diasporic communities, organized on caste lines, some geographic, others religious.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • Like proteins, peptides are composed of amino acids that are chemically linked into a chain.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Definition of composed

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