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also tranquillizer
as in sedative
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Recent Examples of tranquilizer
Sometimes, short-acting tranquilizers can help, but some of these same medicines can also cause sleepwalking.18
When sleepwalking is related to an underlying disorder or medication, treating that condition or switching medications may help.
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Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
The Who played there in 1973, although during the concert, drummer Keith Moon passed out after reportedly taking horse tranquilizers.
—Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Parker Posey is especially good as a homemaker, Violet Ratliff, who arrives with a cache of tranquilizers—these are soon being pilfered and swallowed by her husband, Timothy (Jason Isaacs), a businessman about to be exposed for fraud.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
He's been shot twice by bullets and other times by tranquilizer darts.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
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Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
The Who played there in 1973, although during the concert, drummer Keith Moon passed out after reportedly taking horse tranquilizers.
—Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Parker Posey is especially good as a homemaker, Violet Ratliff, who arrives with a cache of tranquilizers—these are soon being pilfered and swallowed by her husband, Timothy (Jason Isaacs), a businessman about to be exposed for fraud.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
He's been shot twice by bullets and other times by tranquilizer darts.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tranquilizer
sedative
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In that maelstrom, several patients were given doses of sedatives that ultimately killed them, and Fink’s account revolves around those decisions and the criminal allegations that arose after the crisis.—
Heather Hansman,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2025
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Terry was found to have died of an overdose of insulin and the sedative promethazine, the medical examiner ruled.—
David K. Li,
NBC News,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Tranquilizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tranquilizer. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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