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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Drugs, medicines
tranquillizertran‧quil‧lizer (also tranquilliser) British English, tranquilizer American English /ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzə $ -ər/ noun [countable] MDa drug used for making someone feel less anxious
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tranquillizer• For the patient showing extreme distress, a tranquillizer may be indicated.• If I were my patient, she asked herself, would I prescribe myself a tranquillizer?• She had seen her general practitioner a week after the separation and he had prescribed a tranquillizer.• Each captive was injected with a tranquillizer.• Hofmeyr gave the elephant a small shot of tranquillizer.• Unfortunately, as the tranquillizer wears off so the plunger gradually slides back up and the former level of stress returns.
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