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placate
Synonyms and Antonyms of placate
- I attempted to placate the screaming child by offering him a story.
Synonym Discussion of placate
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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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