verb
- Make calm or still.
- usage: "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
- synonyms: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
- Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to.
- usage: "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
- synonyms: sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillise
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