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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

Zadeh said the cat eventually came to rest in the 2500 block of Pheasant Hill Road, where a second tranquilizer dart was shot, and this one hit its mark.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2025

Veterinarians and rangers held the rhino’s head above water with a rope to stop it from drowning while a tranquilizer reversal drug took effect, and the rhino was released.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2024

Nearly twenty years ago, MIT researcher Judith Wurtman observed that "Carbohydrates raise serotonin levels naturally and act like a natural tranquilizer."

From Salon Oct. 1, 2023

The panda refused to be lured into the transport cage, so a tranquilizer dart was used.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

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

On her lap lay one of those innumerable pads of paper her husband brought home from his office, compliments of some pharmaceutical company, advertising tranquilizers or antibiotics or skin cream.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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