(BrE also tranquillise) (AmE tranquilize) verb
[VN] to make person or an animal calm or unconscious, especially by giving them a drug (= a TRANQUILLIZER):
a fast-acting tranquillizing drug * A gamekeeper tranquillized the rhinoceros with a drugged dart.
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