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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
Officials, including police, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, animal control and the San Francisco Zoo surrounded the animal in Outer Sunset and eventually tranquilized it. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 Because Delta Lake sits in a remote area, wildlife staff tranquilized the bear with a dart and euthanized it at the scene, then flew its carcass out of the backcountry the following morning. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers tranquilized a mountain lion that will be relocated from a neighborhood in Westminster to west of Castle Rock. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 There are also frequent mountain lion sightings in and around Los Angeles, including recent incidents in Santa Monica and Pasadena where lions were tranquilized and removed. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Many bears that visit populated areas are tranquilized and moved out of town. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 Jean manages to break into the secret vault, but she’s tranquilized and apprehended by Tramell Tillman’s Damage Control CEO Bill Metzger. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 July 2026 The happy couple weren’t even able to celebrate Lucy saying yes to the big question Tim popped while down on knee, because they were immediately tranquilized and kidnapped by an Everett crony. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026 He was tranquilized from approximately 20 meters (66 feet) away. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tranquilized
  1. relieved
  2. calmed
  3. relaxed
  4. soothed
  5. bovine
  6. lulled
  7. phlegmatic
  8. composed
Adjective
  • After listening to hours of debate, Shawnee Mission School District parents walked out of the school board meeting Monday night a little relieved after the board opted to give their discussion on changing school boundaries more time.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Former Angels players and coaches seem very relieved that Arte Moreno sold the franchise.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of relieved
Verb
  • Strangely enough, they can be calmed by conducting mindfulness exercises.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The advance ended a truce that had been in place since 2022 and had calmed a devastating civil war.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of calmed
Adjective
  • The teaser trails follows Hiroto, a relaxed 29-year-old part-timer, through his daily routine in the Asagaya neighborhood.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The ends flitted out and folded centimeters above her brows, blending between the relaxed waves that moved over her shoulders.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of relaxed
Verb
  • History was repeating, ancient bonds once damaged in war, silenced, and soothed in the quiet moments after.
    — Nicky Robertson, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Venus ascendant, sky blackened with the new moon, and acool breeze soothed you.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 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
  • This is not the time to get lulled into a false sense of security, according to BTIG.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The little girl could be heard well over a rowdy crowd that had about been lulled into passiveness — and eventually, boos in the fifth round — in the humdrum title fight.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 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
  • The sound of the music was one thing—even when Stereolab were at their loungiest or Stars of the Lid were including the key in which a song was composed in its title, there was something like the faintest air of rock music in their experiments.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
  • James Newton Howard Howard composed the emotional finale of the film.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of composed

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“Tranquilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tranquilized. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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