tranquilize

Verb

• make calm or still
• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
• To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.
• To make (something or someone) tranquil.
• To become tranquil.
• To dart (a person or animal) with a sedative

Examples

• The bear should go down several minutes after being tranquilized.
• The escaped lion was finally tracked down, tranquilized, and safely returned to the zoo.

Synonyms

calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, sedate, still, tranquillise, tranquillize, appease, dart#Verb, pacify, relax, sedate#Verb, trank, tranq

Antonyms

agitate, stimulate, madden

Related Words

tranquil, tranquility, tranquilness