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also tranquillizer
as in sedative
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Non-lethal techniques, from tranquilizers to close-quarters combat, challenge you to play without bloodshed.
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PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
For 19 days many tried and failed to capture her, until a tranquilizer shot allegedly caused an awkward fall and led to her death.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2025
The dosage of the tranquilizer would depend on the weight of the elephant.
—Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
The medical staff gave her Xanax, a tranquilizer, and the painkiller oxycodone in pill form, according to medical records Sono Bello turned over to Schaeffer’s attorney.
—Fred Schulte, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
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PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
For 19 days many tried and failed to capture her, until a tranquilizer shot allegedly caused an awkward fall and led to her death.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2025
The dosage of the tranquilizer would depend on the weight of the elephant.
—Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
The medical staff gave her Xanax, a tranquilizer, and the painkiller oxycodone in pill form, according to medical records Sono Bello turned over to Schaeffer’s attorney.
—Fred Schulte, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tranquilizer
sedative
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The end of her life was, to borrow a phrase from Paul’s novel The Sheltering Sky, a dream of terror: in and out of hospitals; episodes of psychosis; copious amounts of gin, strokes, sedatives.—
Nicole Flattery,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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At higher doses, kratom can be used as a sedative and potentially cause psychosis.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Tranquilizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tranquilizer. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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