pacification
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Pacification wasn’t working, and casualties — American and Vietnamese — were mounting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023
In November 2011 Rocinha became part of an extraordinary experiment known either as Pacification or more commonly by the acronym UPP.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2014
Among them: "Railways, 1837"; "Electric Light, 1878"; and the "Revision of the Bible, 1885"; along with "Afghan War, 1839"; "Occupation of Rangoon, 1852"; and "Pacification of India, 1858".
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2012
Mr. Kony’s relocation to Congo followed many failed attempts to uproot him, including Operation Iron Fist and the establishment of the Ministry for the Pacification of the North.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2012
If anything had been wanting to prove this, it was made clear by the refusal of the court to extend the benefits of the Edict of Pacification of July, 1573, to the whole of France.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
Vocabulary lists containing pacification
"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell
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