pacify
verb/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/US
Etymology
Definitions
To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting,…
To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
- Near-synonyms: peacify, repacify, allay, locarnize
- Their orders were to pacify the province by destroying resistance.
To appease (someone).
- Watt decided in the end that an examination of Erskine's room was essential, if his mind was to be pacified, in this connexion.
- Screaming feed me here Fill me up again Temporarily pacifying
The neighborhood
- synonymallay
- synonymameliorate
- synonymappease
- synonymassuage
- synonymbecalm
- synonymbestill
- synonymbring down
- synonymcalm
- synonymcalm down
- synonymcool down
- synonymcool off
- synonymdelay
- antonymagitate
- antonymbecraze
- antonymenrage
- antonymharass
- antonymprovoke
- antonymtaunt
- neighborpacific
- neighborpacifier
- neighborpacifism
- neighborpacifist
- neighborpacifistic
- neighborpassive
- neighborpeace
- neighborcalmness
- neighborhumor
- neighbormake silent
Derived
pacifiable, pacifier, pacifyingly, repacify, unpacify, unpacifying
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA