calmative in English

adjective
1
(of a drug) having a sedative effect.
It has developed a range of weapons capable of delivering calmative chemicals, including specialized bullets, landmines and a mortar round.
noun
1
a calmative drug.
This is just what is depicted in the various scenarios envisioned by military planners laying out appropriate uses for calmatives .

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1. What does Calmatives mean? Plural form of calmative

2. Often termed interchangeably as chemical Calmatives, calmative agents, calmative drugs, or chemical weapons, Calmatives are a class of drugs that tend to produce a calming or sedative effect

3. Synonyms for Alleviating include palliative, calming, soothing, calmative, lenitive, alleviative, alleviatory, anodyne, demulcent and mitigatory

4. A popular subject in English literature, beloved as a harbinger of spring, Cowslip has been esteemed as an ingredient in wine, a food, a complexion aid, and a calmative.

5. Chemical calmative weapons such as BZ (3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, a compound related to scopolamine) were developed during the Cold War.2 Proponents of Calmatives are creating a new and alarming legal ambiguity surrounding their use.