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also tranquillizer
as in sedative
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Recent Examples of tranquilizer
According to court records, a powerful animal tranquilizer known as BAM — a combination of butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine — was found in Suzanne's bone marrow.
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
After ambushing Fuller at her mansion, Teddy and his accomplice/cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) knock her unconscious with a tranquilizer and load her into the backseat of her own car.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 29 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
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Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
After ambushing Fuller at her mansion, Teddy and his accomplice/cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) knock her unconscious with a tranquilizer and load her into the backseat of her own car.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 29 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tranquilizer
sedative
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All Florida executions are carried out via lethal injection using a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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All Florida executions are carried out by injecting a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Tranquilizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tranquilizer. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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