pacification
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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 • Apr. 4, 2022
In the summer of 1966, however, a lengthy secret study of the pacification program was done for the embassy and military headquarters in Saigon by some of the most experienced Americans in the country.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
I’m never going to tell a person don’t take a job because it’s pacification.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing pacification
"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell
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