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English verb: pacify | |||
| 1. | pacify (emotion) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | ||
| Samples | She managed to mollify the angry customer. | ||
| Examples | The performance is likely to pacify Sue | ||
| Synonyms | appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, placate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize | ||
| 2. | pacify (creation) fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) | ||
| Samples | The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | establish, give | ||
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