pacification

Example Sentences

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Speaking in Madrid, Sanchez says the deployment could happen "once we can see how to advance this task of pacification."

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

“We have to move forward little by little until we achieve the pacification of the entire country,” says Senator Salagado.

From BBC • May 22, 2024

Conservative President Guillermo Lasso has promised to reduce prison violence through a gang pacification process, early release for prisoners and political and social reforms.

From Reuters • May 9, 2022

The idea of introducing permanent police units within Rio’s favelas to shore up security and tackle drug trafficking echoes a prior initiative: police pacification units, or UPPs.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022

There was another outfit doing a pacification project a few kilometers from us, and the chopper that had picked them up was waiting with our chopper.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers