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pacify
verb
To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
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'pacify' is a correct word in written English.
You can use it when you want to express calming someone or something, or restoring peace. For example: "The government tried to pacify the angry mob by offering them a chance to have their voices heard."
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Gladstone, like Blair, set out to pacify Ireland and achieved much; but in 1886, he threw over his old allies in liberal, Protestant Ulster, who had fought a long battle against orange and green extremism, in favour of an acceptance of what was perceived to be a more compelling realpolitik.
Related: Hillary Clinton used personal email for all government business, says report Despite her advisers handing over 55,000 pages of her emails in an effort to pacify federal record-keepers, this is potentially still an egregious breach of security.
By keeping Mr Wahid as a figurehead, Miss Megawati might pacify Mr Wahid's supporters, making her transition more stable.
He has used the "civil concord" initiative, which he launched in July, more as a vehicle to rally political support than to pacify the country.
By keeping Mr Wahid as a figurehead, Miss Megawati might pacify Mr Wahid's supporters, making her transition more stable, and look less like a Golkar restoration.
Several thousand more are believed to be in Miran Shah and Mir Ali, in North Waziristan, and the army is currently deciding whether to pursue them there.Pakistan will struggle to pacify Waziristan so long as Afghanistan is ablaze.
This should help pacify those who feel that the leadership has become too authoritarian.A pragmatic compromise was crafted around the succession.
They were won by the incumbent president, Joseph Kabila, largely thanks to support in the east, which he promised to pacify.
Although it would have annoyed the Americans, an alliance of the two Viktors might have made for decent economic policy, and helped to pacify the eastern and southern bits of the country that back Mr Yanukovich.
The second is the debt that troubles local governments.In this section Pay and play No power to pacify Dogs and locusts ReprintsThis debt reflects China's peculiar division of fiscal revenues and responsibilities.
Mr Kudrin may yet be sacked for his part in the embarrassment.Cash from the fund may now be diverted to help pacify the protestors.
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