tranquillizer
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Aiming a rifle-like tranquillizer gun out the window of her Toyota Landcruiser, Otto shot a dart into each rhino, generally from around 50 yards.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2021
“Halt,” he said, patting the tranquillizer gun at his side.
From Nature ● Apr. 7, 2020
Things begin to stir as David and the other residents, armed with tranquillizer guns, are forced to go hunting.
From The New Yorker ● May 16, 2016
Now, nature is intervening — and could either save the landmark project without the need for tranquillizer darts and wolf crates, or sound its death knell.
From Nature ● Feb. 12, 2014
He did not think of calling a cab; there was a necessity for motion in his condition, and walking is the natural tranquillizer of mental agitation.
From Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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