Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: sedative

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

Cat and Cooper’s mom is given a sedative by her husband when she hears about Cooper’s fate, which she reluctantly takes “as if she could… pretend life was all blue skies and sunshine.”

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/book-review-t-c-boyle-s-dark-novel-blue-skies-explores-world-severely-impacted-by/article_5e34f25b-b2ff-5d8c-9dfb-cff26ecd90d5.html

Dr Perry explained 'In a way having another alcoholic drink does normalize the brain a little, but that’s because it’s a sedative and you feel better initially.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12662199/Experts-reveal-hangover-cures-really-work-ones-DONT.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Fischer is a slipped a sedative and all seven hook up to the shared dreaming apparatus.

Source: https://screenrant.com/inception-movie-levels-dream-layers-how-many-explained/

“It’s obvious from the way the two women used a sedative substance on Mr Murray, and the fact Affia was armed with a knife, that they were prepared to get what they wanted at any cost – which sadly was Mr Murray’s life.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/moncler-coat-fake-rolex-stabbing-b2294173.html

Jurors at Preston Crown Court also convicted her of conspiring with a junior colleague, Charlotte Wilmot, 48, to administer a sedative to a third patient.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/10/05/nurse-found-guilty-of-ill-treating-hospital-stroke-unit-patients/

Nine mandates related to the administration of ketamine and other sedative drugs by Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics.

Source: https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/metro/in-the-blue-monitor-praises-new-aurora-chief-for-putting-reform-efforts-back-on-track/

Paramedics arrived and injected McClain with ketamine, a sedative that was legal at the time to give to people showing erratic behavior.

Source: https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/prosecutors-will-lay-out-case-against-officers-in-the-aurora-death-of-elijah-mcclain/

Rising carbon dioxide levels onboard the may act as a sedative which sends the five trapped explorers to 'sleep', experts warned today.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12221957/Missing-Titanic-submersible-happens-oxygen-runs-OceanGates-Titan.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

She felt like she was floating thanks to the sedative, more waves, more buoyancy, but this time she didn’t mind so much.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/columns/second-saturday-stories/second-saturday-stories-presents-the-wraith-chapter-one-6988756

The corps commander explained that the suspects gave a commercial motorcyclist beef jerky (kilishi) laced with sedative drug to eat and upon falling asleep, they made away with his motorcycle.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/amotekun-arrests-suspected-transformer-cable-thief-in-osun/

Then last month — a few weeks after the Sheriff’s Department admitted seeing signs of xylazine for at least four years — the UCLA researchers studying local street drugs confirmed finding the sedative in a sample of black tar heroin.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-10/sheriffs-dept-program-to-track-presence-of-flesh-eating-street-drug-in-los-angeles

These hulking athletes could “dominate a 98-pound kid with ease,” Hilton wrote, and if the students resisted, they were injected with a syringe of sedative.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/3/17/23639840/paris-hilton-book-abuse-at-provo-canyon-school

Tranq is the street name for Xylazine, an alpha-2 agonist which produces sedation and respiratory depression in ways similar to certain anesthetic and sedative agents.

Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12855880?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark

Tussey said in a police report that Czichos was clearly intoxicated and that Czichos said he took a lot of Xanax, a prescription sedative that is commonly abused.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/06/14/two-women-sue-longmont-hotel-suspect-access-room/