Thesaurus / pacifies
other words for pacifies
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- allay
- ameliorate
- assuage
- mitigate
- mollify
- placate
- quell
- repress
- smooth over
- soothe
- tame
- calm
- chasten
- compose
- con
- conciliate
- cool
- dulcify
- grease
- lull
- moderate
- propitiate
- qualify
- quiet
- relieve
- silence
- soft-pedal
- soften
- square
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- sweeten
- temper
- tranquilize
- bury the hatchet
- butter up
- fix up
- kiss and make up
- lay back
- make peace
- pacificate
- put the lid on
- take the edge off
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
It is weakness which makes us hate an enemy and seek revenge, and it is idleness that pacifies us and causes us to neglect it.
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With a harp communicated to him by Gudrun he pacifies them all but one, which stings him to the heart, and thus Gunnar dies.
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But it amused, it pacified me, as prayer to their self-invented deities pacifies the devout.
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The priest who pacifies is as natural as the fear he seeks to assuage—as natural as man himself.
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Alcinous pacifies him with gentle words, and proceeds to withdraw all his previous claims extolling Phæacian athletic skill.
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Who pacifies intractable politicians and makes them the devoted followers of the Ministers?
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When I am ill she nurses me; when I am violent she pacifies me.
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It pacifies those who are angry, and by means of it one can see into the unknown.
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Nothing pacifies the wretched so quickly as to find that someone else shares their distress.
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But Ganga pacifies her and they agree to make over the children to Valmiki, when they become a little old.
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