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tranquillizing

adjective as in sedative

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He wondered whether lithium could have the same tranquillizing effect on his patients.

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In small and repeated doses henbane has been found to have a tranquillizing effect upon persons affected by severe nervous irritability.

The Governor, whose destiny led him to the edge of the precipice, instead of tranquillizing the minds of the public by resorting to prudent measures, began to commit still greater enormities.

It was a matter on which Austin could not urge hope, though, for the sake of tranquillizing Florence, he might suggest it, for he believed that Mrs. Hunter was fading rapidly.

Look where I may, a tranquillizing soul Breathes forth a life-like pleasure o'er the whole.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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