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as in to appease
to lessen the anger or agitation of
the only thing that would pacify the child and end the tantrum was a new toy
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as in to subdue
to bring under one's control by force of arms
additional ground forces were needed to occupy those areas that had already been pacified
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Recent Examples of pacify
What ensues is a brawl, with Elisabeth trying to pacify Sue, who has realized what Elisabeth was about to do to her.
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Brand founder Amy Liu originally formulated it to calm inflammation, eczema, though it’s now loved to pacify redness, acne, rosacea, and even sunburn.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
In this more intimate gathering, Foster first pacified the reporter by mentioning former Iowa running back Tavian Banks.
—Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
When my co-worker tried to help, the woman began yelling at her and could not be pacified.
—Courtenay Rudzinski, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
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The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions over whether expanding ties with Greenland would appease Trump’s ambitions, though on Sunday Trump reiterated his position on the island nation.—
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Return hubs are not a solution to our problems related to migration, but rather populism to appease the extreme right.—
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Canada’s democracy has frayed and strained in the years since, but always held—Quebec’s independence movement was subdued by real concessions from the rest of the provinces, for instance.—
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He was subdued after an officer fired a beanbag round, striking Hermanson and allowing police to arrest him.—
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As a first-time founder-CEO running a fast-growing SaaS startup, Morgan had conquered his fair share of challenges at high speeds.—
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There is no saving the world, no genocidal maniac trying to conquer new realms.—
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In contrast, Democrats continue to dominate among buyers of other electric vehicles.—
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In 2022, Top Chef returned to Texas — Houston, specifically — for a serviceable season utterly dominated by Australian chef Buddha, who would also go on to dominate World All-Stars.—
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Also, many states do not subject Social Security income to state tax.—
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Also, the legislation would upend mail and online voter registration systems and mandate voter roll purges and could subject election workers to harsh criminal penalties simply for doing their job.—
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Every once in a while, a pitfall of community theater is glimpsed, but only momentarily, and here the heartfelt sense of fun overcomes any little shortcoming.—
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This new computing paradigm excels in real-time optimization and predictive modeling, offering unprecedented opportunities to overcome pressing public-sector challenges.—
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In the bantamweight main event, Song Yadong defeated former two-division champion Henry Cejudo via technical decision after an eye poke left Cejudo unable to continue.—
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The Cardinals defeated the Washington Nationals in Tuesday's exhibition in Palm Beach, Florida.—
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“Pacify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacify. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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