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What does tranquilize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word tranquilize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, now rare) To make (something or someone) tranquil; to pacify or calm.
  2. To use a drug to sedate a person or animal.
  3. (intransitive) To become tranquil; to relax.
  4. (intransitive) To calm down.
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He polished off the entire bottle before she was able to get him to hold still long enough for her to tranquilize him.
To tranquilize the monkeys they shoot them with tranquilizer guns, dropping them out of the trees.
The second function of music therapy is relaxation because the music can tranquilize the mind by nourishing the heart.
Mr. Hanna later defended the sheriff's decision to kill the animals rather than attempt to tranquilize and subdue them.
Vets were planning to tranquilize him, bring him to the park's wildlife rehabilitation center, and nurse him back to health.
Most of the men said the women would offer a drink either laced with something to tranquilize them or were forced at gunpoint.

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