Pacify

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To ease the anger or agitation of.
  • v. To end war, fighting, or violence in; establish peace in.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
  • v. To appease (someone).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To appease; calm; quiet; allay the agitation or excitement of: as, to pacify a man when angry.
  • To restore peace to; tranquilize: as, to pacify countries in contention.
  • Synonyms To conciliate, assuage, still, lull, smooth, compose, soothe, mollify.
  • To make peaceful by force; render inactive by depriving of the means of opposition.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
  • v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
  • Verb Form
    pacified    pacifies    pacifying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    give    establish    calm    tranquillise    calm down    quieten    lull    still    tranquillize    quiet   
    Cross Reference
    calm   
    Variant
    pacified   
    Form
    pacified    pacifying    pacifier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lenify    assuage    appease    mollify    placate    gentle    gruntle    calm    still    quiet   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    classify    declassify