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pacify

verb

1 pacify

Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of.

synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, placate.

Roget 174: be moderate etc. adj.; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail.    moderate, soften, mitigate, ... show more

Roget 723: pacify, tranquilize, compose; allay etc. (moderate) 174; reconcile, propitiate, placate, conciliate, meet halfway, hold out the olive branch, ... show more

Dutch: kalmeren, verzoenen, tevreden stellen, matigen, bedaren, vertederen, sussen

2 pacify

Fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location).


Moby thesaurus: allay, alleviate, appease, arrange, array, assuage, calm, calm down, cease, compose, conciliate, cool, cool off, cradle, defuse, deploy, die down, dispose, dulcify, dwindle ... show more.

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pacified

adjective

Roget 723: conciliatory; composing etc. v.; pacified etc. v..

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