## Meanings
1. To make a person or animal calm, often by giving them a sedative drug.
2. To shoot an animal with a dart that contains a sedative.
3. To soothe someone and make them feel peaceful.

## Examples
- The vet had to tranquilize the frightened horse before the examination.
- The escaped lion was tracked down, tranquilized, and safely returned to the zoo.
- The soft music seemed to tranquilize the whole room.

## Synonyms
- trank
- tranq

## Antonyms
- madden

## Derived Forms
- trank
- tranq
- tranquilization
- tranquilizer

## Related Forms
- tranquil
- tranquility
- tranquilness

## Etymology
From Middle French tranquiliser. Analyzable as tranquil + -ize.

## AI Etymology
Tranquilize is from Middle French tranquiliser. Analyzable as tranquil + -ize. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include to make a person or animal calm, often by giving them a sedative drug, to shoot an animal with a dart that contains a sedative, and to soothe someone and make them feel peaceful. The wider family includes derived forms such as trank, tranq, tranquilization, and tranquilizer and related words such as tranquil, tranquility, and tranquilness.

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