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Antonyms for tranquilize

Grammar : Verb
Spell : trang-kwuh-lahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtræŋ kwəˌlaɪz

Definition of tranquilize

Origin :
  • 1620s, from tranquil + -ize. Related: Tranquilized; tranquilizing.
  • verb make calm, quiet
Example sentences :
  • This tranquilized his spirit, and with this he sought to tranquilize the widow too.
  • Extract from : « Life and Times of David » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • Tranquilize yourself: at the proper time you will see him again.
  • Extract from : « Stoneheart » by Gustave Aimard
  • Surely these ought to satisfy your heart and tranquilize your mind.
  • Extract from : « The All-Sufficiency of Christ » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • It cannot fail to emancipate the heart and tranquilize the conscience.
  • Extract from : « The All-Sufficiency of Christ » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • It is eminently calculated to tranquilize the heart, come what may.
  • Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume I » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • The next day the person who arrested me came to tranquilize me.
  • Extract from : « Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence Vol. 1 of 2 » by Elizabeth S. Kite
  • Next, excite the house with another spoonful of Fultonian fact, then tranquilize them again with another barrel of illustration.
  • Extract from : « The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 5, 1901-1906 » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • The Jewish religion is the one best suited to tranquilize the mind; it is very philosophical and rational.
  • Extract from : « History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present » by Peter Charles Remondino
  • The settlers therefore, regardless of political sentiment, united in an effort to tranquilize matters.
  • Extract from : « John Brown, Soldier of Fortune » by Hill Peebles Wilson
  • Everyone talked loudly to the pitcher, as much, perhaps, to tranquilize his own nerves as to encourage Mason.
  • Extract from : « The Lucky Seventh » by Ralph Henry Barbour

Synonyms for tranquilize

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