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pacify
Synonyms and Antonyms of pacify
- I tried to pacify the crying child.
- Additional ground forces were needed to occupy those areas that had already been pacified.
annihilate, beat, clobber, crush, defeat, drub, lick, mow (down), overcome, prevail (over), reduce, rout, skunk, smash, thrash, triumph (over), trounce, wallop, whip
break, clamp down (on), crack down (on), put down, quash, quell, repress, silence, smother, snuff (out), squash, squelch, suppress
Synonym Discussion of pacify
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- pacified by a sincere apology
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- appease their territorial ambitions
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- a move to placate local opposition
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- a speech that mollified the demonstrators
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- propitiated his parents by dressing up
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- conciliating the belligerent nations
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