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unpacify

verb

Etymology

From un- + pacify.

  1. derived from pāx — “peace”
  2. derived from pacifier
  3. prefixed as unpacify — “un + pacify”

Definitions

  1. To stir up someone or something that was previously pacified.

    • Villa as President of Mexico might not be able to pacify Mexico, but Villa as an insurgent can permanently unpacify Mexico.
    • The Something in this case is building Buddhist temples and erecting pagodas and Buddha figures all over the country so as to stabilize the country and to unpacify the rivers and mountains.
    • It has taken Pilling since 1968 to unpacify the pacified past.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA