Definition of "tranquillising" [tranquillising]

• Tending to soothe or tranquilize (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Grief tends to soften the rougher edges, acting as a restraint on the author and tranquillising a life led with a deep-rooted, prickly streak."
• "Now, more than five tranquillising years later, she said, 'I wouldn't have given up training racehorses, not for anything.'"
• "Under proposed regulations, listed large predators can no longer be hunted in small areas, under tranquillising or narcotic immobilising agents, or if released in areas adjacent to a holding facility."