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31purpose — 01. Suzie says that her brother broke her doll on [purpose], but I really think it was an accident. 02. Teachers should always explain the [purpose] of the activities they have their students take part in. 03. All prisoners are obliged to take… …
32tranquillize — [[t]træ̱ŋkwɪlaɪz[/t]] tranquillizes, tranquillizing, tranquillized VERB (The spellings tranquilize in American English, and tranquillise in British English are also used.) To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm,… …
33diazepam — [dʌɪ azɪpam, eɪz ] noun a tranquillizing muscle relaxant drug used chiefly to relieve anxiety. Also called Valium (trademark). Origin 1960s: blend of benzodiazepine and amide …
34downer — noun informal 1》 a depressant or tranquillizing drug. 2》 something dispiriting or depressing …
35trank — noun informal a tranquillizing drug …
36assuasive — a. Soothing, assuaging, emollient, lenitive, lenient, mitigating, mitigative, mild, moderating, softening, mollifying, pacifying, composing, tranquillizing, quieting, stilling, quelling, allaying, abating, easeful, tempering, relieving, lulling …
37sedative — I. a. Soothing, tranquillizing, allaying, composing, anodyne, calming, assuasive, assuaging, lenient, lenitive, demulcent, balmy. II. n. Opiate, anodyne, narcotic, anaesthetic, hypnotic …
38amitriptyline — n. a tricyclic antidepressant drug that has a mild tranquillizing action. Side effects can include abnormal heart rhythms, which may be fatal following overdosage, and the drug is now rarely used for depression; it may be used to treat bedwetting …
39koro — n. a state of acute anxiety, seen especially in certain cultures (such as that of the Chinese of SE Asia), characterized by a sudden belief that the penis is shrinking into the abdomen and will disappear: the sufferer is convinced that… …
40tranquillize — UK [ˈtræŋkwɪlaɪz] / US [ˈtræŋkwəˌlaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms tranquillize : present tense I/you/we/they tranquillize he/she/it tranquillizes present participle tranquillizing past tense tranquillized past participle tranquillized to make a …
