pacify

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verb

1. cause to be more favorably inclined;
gain the good will of (Freq. 3)
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
• Syn:
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify,
placate, gentle, gruntle
• Derivationally related forms:
placative (for: placate), placatory (for: placate), placation (for: placate), mollification (for: mollify), appeasable (for: appease), conciliative (for: conciliate), conciliation (for: conciliate), conciliator (for: conciliate), pacification, peace, pacifier
• Hypernyms:
calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize,
tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to pacify Sue
2. fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
- The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia
• Derivationally related forms:
pacification, peace, pacifier
• Hypernyms:
establish, give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle