pacify

  • 21pacify — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22pacify — see PEACE …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23pacify — Military lingo for securing a hostile area, usually by killing the hostiles therein. We pacified the landing zone and brought the choppers in …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 24pacify — Military lingo for securing a hostile area, usually by killing the hostiles therein. We pacified the landing zone and brought the choppers in …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 25pacify — pac·i·fy || pæsɪfaɪ v. soothe, calm; placate, appease; soften; bring to a state of peace …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 26pacify —    to conquer    Literally, to bring peace to:     ... the unsettled areas where we are still engaged in pacifying the Taijacks, Uzbecks and Khokandians. (Fraser, 1973 the areas had long been settled by the nations named, but not by the Russian… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 27pacify — verb (pacifies, pacifying, pacified) 1》 quell the anger or agitation of. 2》 bring peace to (a country or warring factions). Derivatives pacification noun pacificatory adjective Origin C15 (earlier (ME) as pacification): from OFr. pacefier, from L …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 28pacify — v. a. 1. Conciliate, appease, give peace to, restore harmony to, tranquillize. 2. Tranquillize, assuage, calm, still, quiet, lull, smooth, compose, moderate, hush, quell, lay, allay, soften, soothe, mollify, appease …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 29pacify — v 1. quiet, calm, tranquilize, lull, soothe, compose, comfort; alleviate, relieve, palliate, allay, assuage; mitigate, abate, moderate, temper, lessen. 2. appease, placate, pacificate, Archaic. attemper; humor, dulcify, mollify, soften; reconcile …

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  • 30pacify — pac·i·fy …

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