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tranquilizer

[trang-kwuh-lahy-zer] / ˈtræŋ kwəˌlaɪ zər /
NOUN
drug
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The young intern who shot us with a tranquilizer dart and then inserted that inexact analysis apologizes.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026

So it hired a veterinarian who now goes out on the course, sneaking around and stalking kangaroos with a tranquilizer dart-gun.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2023

The moose was sedated with a tranquilizer dart and loaded onto a trailer before being evaluated by a Game and Fish Department veterinarian and determined to be in good health.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

After being treated with a tranquilizer and an anti-inflammatory, the colt didn’t improve and went to the hospital.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

In an instant Milligan had pulled out his tranquilizer gun and fired—but it was too late; Mr. Curtain had gone too far.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

The bears ultimately returned to her home before tranquilizers were used.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023

“Very, very, very stressful,” Witalij Miskow, 45, says of the night terrors he’s fighting with tranquilizers and therapy at a mental health treatment center for soldiers on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

"You should not swallow informational tranquilizers," Mikhail Khodaryonok, a retired colonel, told the "60 Minutes" talk show on Rossiya-1 hosted by Olga Skabeyeva, one of the most pro-Kremlin journalists on television.

From Reuters ● May 17, 2022

Fish and Wildlife officers responded as well, armed with tranquilizers, and successfully subdued the animal, which passed out with its head in the sink and a broken screen on the floor below.

From Fox News ● May 26, 2021

In the nights, while she lay in bed waiting for the tranquilizers to take effect, she often put her hand to her navel, like a fisherman checking his line.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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