verb (pacifies, pacifying, pacified, pacified) [VN]
1 to make sb who is angry or upset become calm and quiet:
The baby could not be pacified. * The announcement was designed to pacify the irate crowd.
2 to bring peace to an area where there is fighting or a war:
a turbulent period before the country was pacified
pacification noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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