The captives in this case would be under the influence of tranquillizing drugs.

He was conscious, but barely so, as the tranquillizing drug took effect. "

Twelve hours prior to the assault, they will all be given a carefully measured shot of a tranquillizing drug.

He saw her unfocused stare, suspected that she swam in the deep, uncharted waters of tranquillizing drugs.

The fast-acting tranquillizing drug already used in three instances of doping has been found in another racehorse.

Standard tranquillizing drugs or electroconvulsive treatment may be effective in the acute episode, but are ineffective in arresting the cyclical illness.

In the de-horning operation, the horns are sawn off with a chainsaw after the rhino has been located by trackers on the ground and darted with tranquillizing drugs from a helicopter.

Overholser retired in 1962 after 25 years as superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital where under his administration the hospital pioneered the use of "group therapy, tranquillizing drugs and psychodrama."