pacify
Collocations
4ADJ.
alone, easier, imperial
VERB + PACIFY
flowers, orders
PACIFY + NOUN
judean, province, rebels
PREP.
than, until
Definitions
verb
To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
Near-synonyms: peacify, repacify, allay, locarnize
Their orders were to pacify the province by destroying resistance.
To appease (someone).
Watt decided in the end that an examination of Erskine's room was essential, if his mind was to be pacified, in this connexion.
Screaming feed me here Fill me up again Temporarily pacifying
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Example Bank
6Near-synonyms: peacify, repacify, allay, locarnize
WiktionaryTheir orders were to pacify the province by destroying resistance.
WiktionaryWatt decided in the end that an examination of Erskine's room was essential, if his mind was to be pacified, in this connexion.
WiktionaryHe finds it easier to just pacify her than be straight up with her.
Tatoeba · #8312023Was Christianity invented by the Flavian imperial family to pacify Judean rebels?
Tatoeba · #8831999Tom was very aggressive again. They had to pacify him.
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