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Pacifying those areas took unsustainable amounts of resources.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Eight years ago, the government established the Pacifying Police Units, a heavily armed force that tries to reclaim favelas from the gangs.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2016

Pacifying Helmand was always going to be tough.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2014

The 15-year-old girls were escorted to the ball held in a Copacabana dancehall Friday night by members of the Pacifying Police Unit from their community.

From Washington Times • Aug. 30, 2014

Pacifying Geordie was not easy, for he had long since learned to use his grievances as a pretext for keeping the offender at his beck with a continuous supply of stories, songs and games.

From The Glimpses of the Moon by Wharton, Edith