allayed

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Allayed by the report were suspicions of contraband munitions and incendiarism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus Zophiel still,—"tho' now the infernal crew Had gained by sin a privilege in the world, Allayed their torments in the cool night dew, And by the dim star-light again their wings unfurled."

From Zophiel A Poem by Brooks, Maria Gowen