Definition of "tranquilising" [tranquilising]

• Present participle of tranquilise. (verb)

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• "Sudden irregularities and constrictions cause small waves to break, and jets to impact the water, trapping bubbles of air; cavitation creates bubbles of water vapour where the water impacts upon rock and stone; the bubbles oscillate, creating sound waves in the water, which propagate to the surface, and thence transmit to the air as a tranquilising murmur."
• "In dangerous situations would it not be possible for trained firearms officers to use similarly powerful tranquilising darts in their guns rather than potentially fatal bullets or possibly ineffective CS gas? on September 10, 2008 at 7: 46 pm | Reply jaegerdude"
• "It harms the brain, suspends or annihilates critical thought, pollutes the mind, dumbing it down and tranquilising it with endless trivia, cultivating dissatisfaction and envy of the rich or better off."