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'pacification' is a correct word that can be used in written English.
You can use it when referring to an act of calming or quieting a person or situation, typically by political or diplomatic means. For example, "The pacification of the region has been ongoing since the end of the war."
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pacification
noun
The process of pacifying.
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This perverse use of pacifism is connected to the way a term like "pacification" can be employed in military usage to describe a violent process of suppressing violence, as when an enemy territory is "pacified" by killing or disabling the enemy.
A son of the oil-rich Delta, Jonathan brokered a gilded pacification deal in 2009.
She notes that this is not her responsibility but quotes figures to show that the new "pacification" police are doing a good job.
General Hector Gramajo, Guatemala's former minister of defence, who had led a brutal "pacification" campaign against the country's Indian population, was served with a complaint during his graduation ceremony at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
But Mr Uribe, a somewhat messianic leader, has overseen Colombia's gradual pacification.
Last year he said the "pacification" of Europe, at first a great achievement, had gone too far and posed a threat to Western security.
But many security experts say the so-called "pacification plan" is doomed in any case.
A columnist in the Arabic daily Al Hayat described Mr Zinni's mission as a "pharmaceutical" pacification of tempers, in contrast to Mr Cheney's "surgical" aim of removing Mr Hussein.For his part, Mr Cheney has said he prefers not to emphasise the link between Iraq and other matters.
The only study on crime migration suggests this is limited: a count of arrests in Niterói, a city across the bay, in 2012 found that only 5% were of outsiders.Not all favelas find life after pacification equally profitable.
Perhaps the most striking evidence of the pacification of Jalalabad is the sight of American Humvees waiting patiently at traffic lights.Green fields, and purpleDetailed data on security are hard to come by in Afghanistan.
Violence persists, however, and renewed confidence among private investors is at risk if pacification fades.
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