verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As I drove home, I tried to think how I was going to pacify my wife, who was sure to be angry.
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It was no use trying to pacify him; he was simply too upset.
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On August 20, the army recaptured the city and pacified the surrounding area.
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They had to use drugs to pacify him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it will also be needed to pacify old adversaries, and to prevent small crises from becoming big ones.
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But the expulsion did not pacify the Tory civil war, as the contenders traded recriminations.
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By saying the war was over, the territory pacified, they would make it so.
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Some critics question its sustainability and others view it as a sop to pacify the poor.
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They will be met with measures that no longer seek to pacify but only to contain.
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When we pacified the bopping gang of a decade ago, its members turned to narcotics and self-mutilation.
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Yucatan, although not completely pacified, had been reincorporated into the federal union in July.