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1. (v.t.) pacify
to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm.
2. pacify
to appease:
to pacify one's appetite.
3. pacify
to reduce to a submissive state; subdue.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < L pācificāre to make peace. See pacific , -fy)
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1. (verb) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
2. (verb) pacify
fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
"The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"
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1. (verb) pacify
to make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity
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Sense: to make calm or peaceful
She tried to pacify the quarrelling children.
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 Afrikaans: kalmeer |
 Arabic: يُهَدِّئ |
 Bulgarian: успокоявам |
 Brazilian: acalmar |
 Czech: uklidnit |
 German: beschwichtigen |
 Danish: berolige; pacificere |
 Greek: ειρηνεύω, κατευνάζω |
 Spanish: apaciguar, calmar |
 Estonian: rahustama |
 Farsi: آرام کردن |
 Finnish: rauhoittaa |
 French: apaiser |
 Hebrew: לְהַרגִיע |
 Hindi: शांत करना |
 Croatian: umiriti, utišati |
 Hungarian: kibékít |
 Indonesian: menenangkan |
 Icelandic: friða; sefa |
 Italian: calmare |
 Japanese: なだめる |
 Korean: 진정시키다 |
 Lithuanian: nuraminti, sutaikyti |
 Latvian: nomierināt; salabināt |
 Malay: menenangkan |
 Dutch: bedaren, de vrede herstel |
 Norwegian: berolige |
 Polish: uspokoić |
 Persian: آرام کردن |
 Pashto: سوكه كول، ارامول، كرارول |
 Portuguese: acalmar |
 Romanian: a linişti |
 Russian: успокаивать |
 Slovak: utíšiť |
 Slovenian: pomiriti |
 Serbian: umiriti |
 Swedish: lugna, stilla, blidka |
 Thai: ทำให้สงบ |
 Turkish: yatıştırmak |
 Taiwanese: 使鎮靜 |
 Ukrainian: умиротворяти, заспокоюват |
 Urdu: پرسکون کرنا، ٹھنڈا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm yên |
 Chinese: 使镇静 |
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