Usually means: Induce calmness or sedation medically.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word tranquillize:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. tranquillize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tranquillize: Merriam-Webster
  3. tranquillize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tranquillize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tranquillize: Vocabulary.com
  6. tranquillize: Wordnik
  7. tranquillize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. tranquillize: Wiktionary
  9. tranquillize: Dictionary.com
  10. Tranquillize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. tranquillize: Rhymezone
  12. Tranquillize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. tranquillize: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tranquillize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. tranquillize: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tranquillize: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tranquillize: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tranquillize: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. tranquillize: Medical dictionary

(Note: See tranquillizes as well.)

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verb:  Alternative spelling of tranquilize [(transitive) To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.]

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