pacified 1 of 2

past tense of pacify
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pacified

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adjective

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Recent Examples of pacified
Adjective
To keep the Russian public pacified, the Kremlin ran its military campaign by recruiting volunteers, who were paid quite well, including criminals avoiding prison. Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacified
Verb
  • Now, with the offseason acquisition of Holiday, and bringing back Lillard, seems to have appeased Grant’s unease.
    Jason Quick, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But many social media users aren’t appeased, with some calling to dismantle JICA entirely, or voicing distrust of the organization’s statements.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Building on the site commenced in the 13th century under the instruction of Ibn al-Ahmar, the first member of the Nasrid family to be emir of Granada, and the sprawling compound was used by the emirs until Isabella and Ferdinand conquered the city in 1492.
    Fiona Mozley, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps, executives say, Coors Field can never be conquered.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Another finding is that risk appetite is understandably subdued.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Under normal circumstances, equalising in the 89th minute of an away game in the Champions League would prompt wild celebrations, but Tottenham Hotspur’s players and coaching staff were subdued after their 2-2 draw with Bodo/Glimt on Tuesday evening.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Echoing his testimony from the third week of Combs’ New York trial, Nash says Combs also subjected him to violent physical assaults.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Since the start of Russia’s invasion in 2022, Putin has been transparent about his objective—the destruction of Ukraine as an independent nation—and has subjected many people to almost unimaginable suffering in order to achieve it.
    ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Koestler suggests that a stroke of good fortune, or a vision of the sublime, may evoke a sense of powerlessness — of being rapt, overwhelmed, enraptured, entranced — which overlaps with the helplessness of loss and defeat, and which evokes a similar surrender.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But one area that remained dominated by country crooners and fans, albeit amid gradual change, was Broadway.
    Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The area where the attack occurred is dominated by a majority-Jewish neighborhood situated right next to a majority-Muslim neighborhood.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lee, one of the few female religious leaders of the 18th century, and her followers were known for worshipping through ecstatic song and movement.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Born in the northern English city of Manchester in 1736, Ann Lee was the charismatic leader of the religious movement that came to be known as the Shakers, for its ecstatic singing and dancing that involved shaking.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Dallas Cowboys defeated the New York Jets 37-22 on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Maeve ends up turning Sam into the police, exhausted, dejected, and utterly defeated.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Pacified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacified. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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