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

As governor, Sandoval entrusted Nayarit’s pacification to his acting attorney general, Edgar Veytia.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022

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

Everybody was interested in the pacification thing we were going on.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers