Definition of pacify in English:

pacify

verbpacifies, pacified, pacifying ˈpasɪfʌɪˈpæsəˌfaɪ

[with object]

1Quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
he had to pacify angry spectators
Example sentencesExamples
- It offered prize money and prestige, and largely succeeded in pacifying the warriors.
- Instead, the company has focused on ineffective and inconvenient security procedures for the sole purpose of pacifying the traveling public.
- And now there are also angry shareholders to pacify.
- He also pacified the agitated councillors by suggesting the formation of a core group in the council to take policy decisions.
- A humble man, he decided to open Lakay to street children after wondering why he always gave them a few cents to pacify them instead of listening to their needs.
- And there are TV screens everywhere, pumping out a constant stream of ramped up news and political rhetoric, at once nerving up and pacifying the populace.
- The Wakatipu giant was pacified, went back to sleep, and has been quiet ever since.
- Even Mr Deshpande's apology failed to pacify him.
- After having pacified the angry Lotus, Wang Lung finds a way to avoid sending Pear Blossom to the cousin.
- In an attempt to pacify the Irish, the British establishment made a number of concessions aimed at enabling tenant farmers to become the owners of the land they so diligently tilled.
- Would you ever pacify angry clients by giving them extra hours at no charge?
- His early moves were a striking portent of the populist spending spree that was to follow, spiced here and there with well-directed salutes aimed at pacifying the extremes of the political spectrum.
- A plumber was stabbed in the chest and died within minutes when he tried to pacify an angry man armed with a knife outside a public house, a jury was told.
- I managed to pacify her, eventually, with the aid of a little Carnation milk, and the starling got bored with being a telephone and went back to teasing the yellowhammer by imitating his song.
- In the film starring Paul Hogan, the hero uses his skills to pacify an angry water buffalo standing in the way of his vehicle.
- It began as a way of pacifying her when she was in a rare grumpy mood, and now it's the reason we go to Target.
- He sat among the children and pacified one agitated four year old who was taken aback by all the attention he was receiving.
- ‘Hey calm down’ I tried to pacify him, but before I knew it, I was up against the door, held at the collar.
- The traffic policeman, who arrives late, tries to pacify everyone.
- Apart from pacifying the residents with his assurances the mayor should also consider initiating some survival strategies like going into partnership with big cities of the world.
Synonyms
placate, appease, calm, calm down, conciliate, propitiate, assuage, mollify, soothe, tranquillize, content, still, quieten, silence, relax, compose
1. 1.1 Bring peace to (a country or warring factions), especially by the use or threat of military force.
  the general pacified northern Italy
  Example sentencesExamples
  As a result, the authorities needed three more years to pacify the country.
  With the exception of a few hot spots, the California-sized country is pacified and moving in the right direction.
  The government must realize that brute force alone will not pacify the restive region.
  The country is pacified now, or nearly so, we're almost there, don't you understand?
  There is no doubt that the kind of personnel required to invade a country and the kind needed to pacify a nation are two different breeds.
  Caesar campaigns against the Belgii; all northern Gaul apparently pacified.
  The idea of occupying and pacifying a country by airpower alone, or with the air force as the primary force employed, is especially attractive to airmen.
  We have no local support and half the force we need to pacify the country.
  To return to the military metaphor, not only do officers have to build high walls against outsiders, they must also pacify a broad swath of territory beyond the fortress.
  The Spanish increased their efforts to pacify northern Morocco, and a new road between Fez and Rabat aided French penetration.
  We need to pacify the population and win them to our side before any serious nation-building can take place.
  The government continues to argue that it can fight and defeat the rebels, pacifying the entire country in the process.
  Linn's book is a detailed operational history of military action to pacify and restore order to the islands.
  The way he pacified the country was to marry into different families and thereby gain the loyalty of those tribes.
  ‘It took nearly 80 years to pacify Northern Ireland, where there are only two factions,’ he wrote.
  As each new sector of land was conquered and pacified, so new threats (some real, many imagined) loomed in the territories beyond.
  To reduce these divisions, the strategy of creating more states was developed to pacify differences and demonstrate respect for the many minority groups in the country.
  Starting around 575 BCE, as a way of pacifying the northern kingdom, Tiglathpileser takes over the lands belonging to the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, and exiles them.

Derivatives

pacification

noun ˌpasɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌpæsəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n

Nineteenth century empires calculated they needed two - and - a - half times the troops for pacification as for battlefield victory.
Example sentencesExamples
- The disputes in this island in the mid-1980s were becoming increasingly violent and initial attempts at pacifications had ended in failure.
- It is obvious that warfighting objectives are different from stabilization tasks and therefore the deployment of troops should be done in the knowledge that pacification requires a wider presence.
- Very soon after the initial pacification of the country and the onset of humanitarian relief and economic reconstruction, the task of political reconstruction must begin.
- As part of the pacification of the Highlands after the collapse of the Jacobite rising of 1689-90 a royal order required all clan chieftains to take an oath of allegiance to William and Mary.

pacificatory

adjective pəˈsɪfɪkət(ə)ripəˈsɪfɪkəˌtɔri

'Molly's but four-and-twenty,' said Sylvia, in a pacificatory tone.
Example sentencesExamples
- As there is no better harmonizer of differences than a good laugh, these laughter-provoking letters should serve a pacificatory purpose.
- However, it may be thought that unredressed torts would be regarded as a canker in society, and to that extent the law can still be regarded as having a pacificatory aim.

Origin

Late 15th century (earlier (late Middle English) as pacification): from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- 'peace'.

Rhymes

classify

Definition of pacify in US English:

pacify

verbˈpæsəˌfaɪˈpasəˌfī

[with object]

1Quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
he had to pacify angry spectators
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Hey calm down’ I tried to pacify him, but before I knew it, I was up against the door, held at the collar.
- It began as a way of pacifying her when she was in a rare grumpy mood, and now it's the reason we go to Target.
- After having pacified the angry Lotus, Wang Lung finds a way to avoid sending Pear Blossom to the cousin.
- Even Mr Deshpande's apology failed to pacify him.
- In the film starring Paul Hogan, the hero uses his skills to pacify an angry water buffalo standing in the way of his vehicle.
- He also pacified the agitated councillors by suggesting the formation of a core group in the council to take policy decisions.
- A plumber was stabbed in the chest and died within minutes when he tried to pacify an angry man armed with a knife outside a public house, a jury was told.
- Instead, the company has focused on ineffective and inconvenient security procedures for the sole purpose of pacifying the traveling public.
- The traffic policeman, who arrives late, tries to pacify everyone.
- It offered prize money and prestige, and largely succeeded in pacifying the warriors.
- He sat among the children and pacified one agitated four year old who was taken aback by all the attention he was receiving.
- A humble man, he decided to open Lakay to street children after wondering why he always gave them a few cents to pacify them instead of listening to their needs.
- The Wakatipu giant was pacified, went back to sleep, and has been quiet ever since.
- Would you ever pacify angry clients by giving them extra hours at no charge?
- I managed to pacify her, eventually, with the aid of a little Carnation milk, and the starling got bored with being a telephone and went back to teasing the yellowhammer by imitating his song.
- Apart from pacifying the residents with his assurances the mayor should also consider initiating some survival strategies like going into partnership with big cities of the world.
- And there are TV screens everywhere, pumping out a constant stream of ramped up news and political rhetoric, at once nerving up and pacifying the populace.
- In an attempt to pacify the Irish, the British establishment made a number of concessions aimed at enabling tenant farmers to become the owners of the land they so diligently tilled.
- And now there are also angry shareholders to pacify.
- His early moves were a striking portent of the populist spending spree that was to follow, spiced here and there with well-directed salutes aimed at pacifying the extremes of the political spectrum.
Synonyms
placate, appease, calm, calm down, conciliate, propitiate, assuage, mollify, soothe, tranquillize, content, still, quieten, silence, relax, compose
1. 1.1 Bring peace to (a country or warring factions), especially by the use or threatened use of military force.
  the general pacified northern Italy
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Spanish increased their efforts to pacify northern Morocco, and a new road between Fez and Rabat aided French penetration.
  We need to pacify the population and win them to our side before any serious nation-building can take place.
  ‘It took nearly 80 years to pacify Northern Ireland, where there are only two factions,’ he wrote.
  The government continues to argue that it can fight and defeat the rebels, pacifying the entire country in the process.
  To return to the military metaphor, not only do officers have to build high walls against outsiders, they must also pacify a broad swath of territory beyond the fortress.
  To reduce these divisions, the strategy of creating more states was developed to pacify differences and demonstrate respect for the many minority groups in the country.
  The country is pacified now, or nearly so, we're almost there, don't you understand?
  The idea of occupying and pacifying a country by airpower alone, or with the air force as the primary force employed, is especially attractive to airmen.
  Caesar campaigns against the Belgii; all northern Gaul apparently pacified.
  There is no doubt that the kind of personnel required to invade a country and the kind needed to pacify a nation are two different breeds.
  Linn's book is a detailed operational history of military action to pacify and restore order to the islands.
  We have no local support and half the force we need to pacify the country.
  Starting around 575 BCE, as a way of pacifying the northern kingdom, Tiglathpileser takes over the lands belonging to the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, and exiles them.
  The government must realize that brute force alone will not pacify the restive region.
  The way he pacified the country was to marry into different families and thereby gain the loyalty of those tribes.
  As a result, the authorities needed three more years to pacify the country.
  With the exception of a few hot spots, the California-sized country is pacified and moving in the right direction.
  As each new sector of land was conquered and pacified, so new threats (some real, many imagined) loomed in the territories beyond.

Origin

Late 15th century (earlier ( late Middle English) as pacification): from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- ‘peace’.

单词	pacify
释义	Definition of pacify in English: pacify verbpacifies, pacified, pacifying ˈpasɪfʌɪˈpæsəˌfaɪ [with object] 1Quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of. he had to pacify angry spectators Example sentencesExamples It offered prize money and prestige, and largely succeeded in pacifying the warriors. Instead, the company has focused on ineffective and inconvenient security procedures for the sole purpose of pacifying the traveling public. And now there are also angry shareholders to pacify. He also pacified the agitated councillors by suggesting the formation of a core group in the council to take policy decisions. A humble man, he decided to open Lakay to street children after wondering why he always gave them a few cents to pacify them instead of listening to their needs. And there are TV screens everywhere, pumping out a constant stream of ramped up news and political rhetoric, at once nerving up and pacifying the populace. The Wakatipu giant was pacified, went back to sleep, and has been quiet ever since. Even Mr Deshpande's apology failed to pacify him. After having pacified the angry Lotus, Wang Lung finds a way to avoid sending Pear Blossom to the cousin. In an attempt to pacify the Irish, the British establishment made a number of concessions aimed at enabling tenant farmers to become the owners of the land they so diligently tilled. Would you ever pacify angry clients by giving them extra hours at no charge? His early moves were a striking portent of the populist spending spree that was to follow, spiced here and there with well-directed salutes aimed at pacifying the extremes of the political spectrum. A plumber was stabbed in the chest and died within minutes when he tried to pacify an angry man armed with a knife outside a public house, a jury was told. I managed to pacify her, eventually, with the aid of a little Carnation milk, and the starling got bored with being a telephone and went back to teasing the yellowhammer by imitating his song. In the film starring Paul Hogan, the hero uses his skills to pacify an angry water buffalo standing in the way of his vehicle. It began as a way of pacifying her when she was in a rare grumpy mood, and now it's the reason we go to Target. He sat among the children and pacified one agitated four year old who was taken aback by all the attention he was receiving. ‘Hey calm down’ I tried to pacify him, but before I knew it, I was up against the door, held at the collar. The traffic policeman, who arrives late, tries to pacify everyone. Apart from pacifying the residents with his assurances the mayor should also consider initiating some survival strategies like going into partnership with big cities of the world. Synonyms placate, appease, calm, calm down, conciliate, propitiate, assuage, mollify, soothe, tranquillize, content, still, quieten, silence, relax, compose 1.1 Bring peace to (a country or warring factions), especially by the use or threat of military force. the general pacified northern Italy Example sentencesExamples As a result, the authorities needed three more years to pacify the country. With the exception of a few hot spots, the California-sized country is pacified and moving in the right direction. The government must realize that brute force alone will not pacify the restive region. The country is pacified now, or nearly so, we're almost there, don't you understand? There is no doubt that the kind of personnel required to invade a country and the kind needed to pacify a nation are two different breeds. Caesar campaigns against the Belgii; all northern Gaul apparently pacified. The idea of occupying and pacifying a country by airpower alone, or with the air force as the primary force employed, is especially attractive to airmen. We have no local support and half the force we need to pacify the country. To return to the military metaphor, not only do officers have to build high walls against outsiders, they must also pacify a broad swath of territory beyond the fortress. The Spanish increased their efforts to pacify northern Morocco, and a new road between Fez and Rabat aided French penetration. We need to pacify the population and win them to our side before any serious nation-building can take place. The government continues to argue that it can fight and defeat the rebels, pacifying the entire country in the process. Linn's book is a detailed operational history of military action to pacify and restore order to the islands. The way he pacified the country was to marry into different families and thereby gain the loyalty of those tribes. ‘It took nearly 80 years to pacify Northern Ireland, where there are only two factions,’ he wrote. As each new sector of land was conquered and pacified, so new threats (some real, many imagined) loomed in the territories beyond. To reduce these divisions, the strategy of creating more states was developed to pacify differences and demonstrate respect for the many minority groups in the country. Starting around 575 BCE, as a way of pacifying the northern kingdom, Tiglathpileser takes over the lands belonging to the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, and exiles them. Derivatives pacification noun ˌpasɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌpæsəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n Nineteenth century empires calculated they needed two - and - a - half times the troops for pacification as for battlefield victory. Example sentencesExamples The disputes in this island in the mid-1980s were becoming increasingly violent and initial attempts at pacifications had ended in failure. It is obvious that warfighting objectives are different from stabilization tasks and therefore the deployment of troops should be done in the knowledge that pacification requires a wider presence. Very soon after the initial pacification of the country and the onset of humanitarian relief and economic reconstruction, the task of political reconstruction must begin. As part of the pacification of the Highlands after the collapse of the Jacobite rising of 1689-90 a royal order required all clan chieftains to take an oath of allegiance to William and Mary. pacificatory adjective pəˈsɪfɪkət(ə)ripəˈsɪfɪkəˌtɔri 'Molly's but four-and-twenty,' said Sylvia, in a pacificatory tone. Example sentencesExamples As there is no better harmonizer of differences than a good laugh, these laughter-provoking letters should serve a pacificatory purpose. However, it may be thought that unredressed torts would be regarded as a canker in society, and to that extent the law can still be regarded as having a pacificatory aim. Origin Late 15th century (earlier (late Middle English) as pacification): from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- 'peace'. Rhymes classify Definition of pacify in US English: pacify verbˈpæsəˌfaɪˈpasəˌfī [with object] 1Quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of. he had to pacify angry spectators Example sentencesExamples ‘Hey calm down’ I tried to pacify him, but before I knew it, I was up against the door, held at the collar. It began as a way of pacifying her when she was in a rare grumpy mood, and now it's the reason we go to Target. After having pacified the angry Lotus, Wang Lung finds a way to avoid sending Pear Blossom to the cousin. Even Mr Deshpande's apology failed to pacify him. In the film starring Paul Hogan, the hero uses his skills to pacify an angry water buffalo standing in the way of his vehicle. He also pacified the agitated councillors by suggesting the formation of a core group in the council to take policy decisions. A plumber was stabbed in the chest and died within minutes when he tried to pacify an angry man armed with a knife outside a public house, a jury was told. Instead, the company has focused on ineffective and inconvenient security procedures for the sole purpose of pacifying the traveling public. The traffic policeman, who arrives late, tries to pacify everyone. It offered prize money and prestige, and largely succeeded in pacifying the warriors. He sat among the children and pacified one agitated four year old who was taken aback by all the attention he was receiving. A humble man, he decided to open Lakay to street children after wondering why he always gave them a few cents to pacify them instead of listening to their needs. The Wakatipu giant was pacified, went back to sleep, and has been quiet ever since. Would you ever pacify angry clients by giving them extra hours at no charge? I managed to pacify her, eventually, with the aid of a little Carnation milk, and the starling got bored with being a telephone and went back to teasing the yellowhammer by imitating his song. Apart from pacifying the residents with his assurances the mayor should also consider initiating some survival strategies like going into partnership with big cities of the world. And there are TV screens everywhere, pumping out a constant stream of ramped up news and political rhetoric, at once nerving up and pacifying the populace. In an attempt to pacify the Irish, the British establishment made a number of concessions aimed at enabling tenant farmers to become the owners of the land they so diligently tilled. And now there are also angry shareholders to pacify. His early moves were a striking portent of the populist spending spree that was to follow, spiced here and there with well-directed salutes aimed at pacifying the extremes of the political spectrum. Synonyms placate, appease, calm, calm down, conciliate, propitiate, assuage, mollify, soothe, tranquillize, content, still, quieten, silence, relax, compose 1.1 Bring peace to (a country or warring factions), especially by the use or threatened use of military force. the general pacified northern Italy Example sentencesExamples The Spanish increased their efforts to pacify northern Morocco, and a new road between Fez and Rabat aided French penetration. We need to pacify the population and win them to our side before any serious nation-building can take place. ‘It took nearly 80 years to pacify Northern Ireland, where there are only two factions,’ he wrote. The government continues to argue that it can fight and defeat the rebels, pacifying the entire country in the process. To return to the military metaphor, not only do officers have to build high walls against outsiders, they must also pacify a broad swath of territory beyond the fortress. To reduce these divisions, the strategy of creating more states was developed to pacify differences and demonstrate respect for the many minority groups in the country. The country is pacified now, or nearly so, we're almost there, don't you understand? The idea of occupying and pacifying a country by airpower alone, or with the air force as the primary force employed, is especially attractive to airmen. Caesar campaigns against the Belgii; all northern Gaul apparently pacified. There is no doubt that the kind of personnel required to invade a country and the kind needed to pacify a nation are two different breeds. Linn's book is a detailed operational history of military action to pacify and restore order to the islands. We have no local support and half the force we need to pacify the country. Starting around 575 BCE, as a way of pacifying the northern kingdom, Tiglathpileser takes over the lands belonging to the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, and exiles them. The government must realize that brute force alone will not pacify the restive region. The way he pacified the country was to marry into different families and thereby gain the loyalty of those tribes. As a result, the authorities needed three more years to pacify the country. With the exception of a few hot spots, the California-sized country is pacified and moving in the right direction. As each new sector of land was conquered and pacified, so new threats (some real, many imagined) loomed in the territories beyond. Origin Late 15th century (earlier ( late Middle English) as pacification): from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- ‘peace’.
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