pacifyverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpæs.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˈpæs.ə.faɪ/pacify verb [ T ] (CALM)
to cause someone who is angry or upset to be calm and satisfied:
He pacified his crying child with a bottle.
It was difficult for the police to pacify the angry crowd.
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Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lie down
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- relaxation
- settle
- slow down
- soften
- steady
- take things easy idiom
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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pacify verb [ T ] (PEACE)
to bring peace to a place or end war in a place:
A UN force has been sent in to try and pacify the area worst affected by the civil war.
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Stopping fighting
- armistice
- beat/turn swords into ploughshares idiom
- ceasefire
- demilitarize
- disengage
- fall
- fall back
- lay
- lay sth down
- pullout
- surrender
- sword
- truce
pacification
noun [ U ] uk/ˌpæs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpæs.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/