Definition of Tranquillizer

1. Noun. A drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity.


Definition of Tranquillizer

1. Noun. (chiefly US pharmacology) tranquilizer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tranquillizer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tranquillizer

tranquilizing
tranquilizingly
tranquiller
tranquillest
tranquillisation
tranquillise
tranquilliser
tranquillisers
tranquillising agent
tranquillities
tranquillity
tranquillityite
tranquillization
tranquillize
tranquillized
tranquillizer (current term)
tranquillizers
tranquillizes
tranquillizing
tranquillizingly
tranquilly
tranquilness
tranquilnesses
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Literary usage of Tranquillizer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Greatest Works of the Greatest Authors, Ancient and Modern (1894)
"It is this persuasion, which men usually arrive at only in their maturity, that operates as the most effectual tranquillizer of frivolous activities. ..."

2. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by Confucius, James Legge (1899)
"... the people ;—how dare I but aim at the completion of the work formerly begun by the tranquillizer ? Heaven, moreover, is thus ..."

3. Old Family Letters: Copied from the Originals for Alexander Biddle... Series by Alexander Biddle, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Rush (1892)
"Thus far I had written when your favour of the 8th. with your Invention a tranquillizer was given to me from the Post Office. The tranquillizer is a very ..."

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