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also tranquillizer
as in sedative
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Recent Examples of tranquilizer
One of them manages to stick a syringe full of tranquilizers in her thigh.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Spike takes one of Kelson's tranquilizer darts filled with morphine and stabs Samson in the arm with it.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Jacintha, a horseback rider, was familiar with ketamine as a horse tranquilizer but had never heard of it as a last-stop mental health treatment for treatment-resistant patients like Lucy, who was diagnosed with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Only when Teddy pins her down long enough to inject a tranquilizer is Michelle finally subdued.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Spike takes one of Kelson's tranquilizer darts filled with morphine and stabs Samson in the arm with it.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Jacintha, a horseback rider, was familiar with ketamine as a horse tranquilizer but had never heard of it as a last-stop mental health treatment for treatment-resistant patients like Lucy, who was diagnosed with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Only when Teddy pins her down long enough to inject a tranquilizer is Michelle finally subdued.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tranquilizer
sedative
Noun
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Authorities also alleged McGuire forged a prescription for chloral hydrate, a sedative, using the name of a fertility clinic patient.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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Medetomidine, a powerful animal sedative, was linked to the mass overdoss, and 19 people were eventually indicted for drug trafficking schemes related to the overdoses.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Tranquilizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tranquilizer. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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