pacify

29 11 2007

Verbs
1. (verb) appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate;
  - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
  - “She managed to mollify the angry customer”;

2. (verb) pacify;
  - fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location);
  - “The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia”;

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