OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 40991

tranquilize

/ˈtɹæŋkwɪlaɪz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
sedar
To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.
Miss Ratched shall line us all against the wall, where we’ll face the terrible maw of a muzzle-loading shotgun which she has loaded with Miltowns! Thorazines! Libriums! Stelazines!…
The escaped lion was finally tracked down, tranquilized, and safely returned to the zoo.