Pacify

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Verb

Pacify (third-person singular simple present pacifies, present participle Pacifying, simple past and past participle pacified)

  1. (transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
  2. (transitive) To appease (someone).

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Adverbs for Pacify

seductively; profoundly; artfully; domestically; prudently; diplomatically; politically; nationally.

Verbs for Pacify

hunt with—; loose—; muster—; whistle for —; —attacks; —congregates; —defends; — deluges; —disbands; —disburses; —flocks; —gathers; —pursues; —roams; —rushes; -scatters; —storms; —strays; —surges; — irongs; —troops; —unites; —wanders.

Thesaurus

allay, alleviate, appease, arrange, array, assuage, calm, calm down, cease, compose, conciliate, cool, cool off, cradle, defuse, deploy, die down, dispose, dulcify, dwindle, ease, ebb, even out, form, gentle, grade, halt, harmonize, hierarchize, hush, lay, lay out, lay the dust, line up, lull, marshal, methodize, mitigate, moderate, molder, mollify, normalize, order, organize, placate, pour balm into, pour balm on, propitiate, qualify, quell, quiesce, quiet, quieten, rank, regularize, regulate, relieve, rest, rock, rock to sleep, routinize, set up, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, soften, soothe, stabilize, standardize, steady, still, stop, structure, subdue, subside, sweeten, systematize, temper, tranquilize, wane

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