Associations to the word «Tranquilize»

Wiktionary

TRANQUILIZE, verb. (transitive) (now) (rare) To make (something or someone) tranquil; to pacify or calm.
TRANQUILIZE, verb. To use a drug to sedate a person or animal.
TRANQUILIZE, verb. (intransitive) To become tranquil; to relax.
TRANQUILIZE, verb. (intransitive) To calm down.

Dictionary definition

TRANQUILIZE, verb. Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear".
TRANQUILIZE, verb. Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley