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pacify

To pacify means to soothe or calm, or to create peace where there was war or fighting. (verb)

  1. An example of to pacify is to give a crying baby a bottle.
  2. An example of to pacify is tosign a treaty to end a war.

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See pacify in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See pacify in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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