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- noun Plural form of
tranquillizer .
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The types of drugs most likely to increase risk of a car accident were treatments for diabetes that lower your blood sugar, treatments for epilepsy or Parkinson disease, calming drugs such as tranquillizers, stimulants, antidepressants, and drugs that affect the nervous system, such as strong painkillers, antipsychotics, and beta-blockers.
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The types of drugs most likely to increase risk of a car accident were treatments for diabetes that lower your blood sugar, treatments for epilepsy or Parkinson disease, calming drugs such as tranquillizers, stimulants, antidepressants, and drugs that affect the nervous system, such as strong painkillers, antipsychotics, and beta-blockers.
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Picky eaters and kids who wet the bed were also given tranquillizers.
Martha Rosenberg: Do These Drug Ads Offend You? Martha Rosenberg 2012
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Picky eaters and kids who wet the bed were also given tranquillizers.
Martha Rosenberg: Do These Drug Ads Offend You? Martha Rosenberg 2012
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And I once saw Skippy perform a feat of which I believe no other canine capable: He jumped five feet in the air while zipped inside his carrying case on the way to the airport, before the tranquillizers had taken effect.
R.I.P.—and Long Live—Skippy Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Picky eaters and kids who wet the bed were also given tranquillizers.
Martha Rosenberg: Do These Drug Ads Offend You? Martha Rosenberg 2012
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She did not think he would make it, but gave me tranquillizers for him to quiet him in the hopes that the tension upon the trachea would quiet.
Mike Schwager: Let's Save Our Best Friends Mike Schwager 2011
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Picky eaters and kids who wet the bed were also given tranquillizers.
Martha Rosenberg: Do These Drug Ads Offend You? Martha Rosenberg 2012
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She did not think he would make it, but gave me tranquillizers for him to quiet him in the hopes that the tension upon the trachea would quiet.
Mike Schwager: Let's Save Our Best Friends Mike Schwager 2011
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The next time he woke up, he was chained, and they'd given him tranquillizers.
Andy Worthington: Judge Rules Yemeni's Detention at Guantanamo Based Solely on Torture 2010
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