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tranquilizer

[trang-kwuh-lahy-zer] / ˈtræŋ kwəˌlaɪ zər /
NOUN
drug
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The young intern who shot us with a tranquilizer dart and then inserted that inexact analysis apologizes.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026

Johan Marais spots a rhinoceros from a helicopter and shoots it with a tranquilizer dart.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025

Zadeh said the cat eventually came to rest in the 2500 block of Pheasant Hill Road, where a second tranquilizer dart was shot, and this one hit its mark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

The bear fell asleep for hours after being shot with tranquilizer darts, then fell out of the tree and landed on a mattress — a soft landing that was supplied by Walter.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

In an instant Milligan had pulled out his tranquilizer gun and fired—but it was too late; Mr. Curtain had gone too far.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

The bears ultimately returned to her home before tranquilizers were used.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023

“Very, very, very stressful,” Witalij Miskow, 45, says of the night terrors he’s fighting with tranquilizers and therapy at a mental health treatment center for soldiers on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

"You should not swallow informational tranquilizers," Mikhail Khodaryonok, a retired colonel, told the "60 Minutes" talk show on Rossiya-1 hosted by Olga Skabeyeva, one of the most pro-Kremlin journalists on television.

From Reuters ● May 17, 2022

Fish and Wildlife officers responded as well, armed with tranquilizers, and successfully subdued the animal, which passed out with its head in the sink and a broken screen on the floor below.

From Fox News ● May 26, 2021

In the nights, while she lay in bed waiting for the tranquilizers to take effect, she often put her hand to her navel, like a fisherman checking his line.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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