tranquilizer
pronunciation
How to pronounce tranquilizer in British English:
UK ['træŋkwɪlaɪzə]
How to pronounce tranquilizer in American English:
US [ˈtræŋkwəˌlaɪzɚ, ˈtræn-]
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- Noun:
- a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity
Word Origin
- tranquilizer (n.)
- 1800, "that which tranquilizes;" from 1824 as "a sedative" (first reference is to ground ivy), agent noun from tranquilize; in reference to one of a large group of anti-anxiety drugs, it is recorded by 1956.
Example
- 1. Have the ordnance we 're caring is tranquilizer guns .
- 2. Somewhere there is someone with a tranquilizer gun .
- 3. Ketamine is primarily a horse tranquilizer .
- 4. Shoot him with a tranquilizer dart or something .
- 5. Don 't worry . L 'll give her a tranquilizer .