pacify
Bring to stillness
To pacify is to bring peace or calm to something disturbed.
You can pacify a crying baby, an angry crowd, or a warring region.
The word often implies soothing someone's agitation or suppressing resistance: The government sent troops to pacify the rebellious province.
Pacify can suggest superficial appeasement rather than addressing underlying grievances: They tried to pacify critics with token reforms.
Lessen someone's anger
- mollifyReduce anger or distress
- conciliateCalm hostile feelings
- propitiateRegain favor through offerings
- assuageRelieve or calm
satisfy · humor · indulge · sweeten · disarm · soft-soap · buy-off · kowtow
Gently ease discomfort
- quietLacking in sound
- tranquilizeInduce calm chemically
- sedateCalm and unhurried
- settleReach final terms
relax · comfort · reassure · console · ease · gentle · lull · hush
Forcibly put an end to
- quellForcibly end unrest
- crushCompress with force
- subjugateBring under dominion
- conquerOvercome by force
overcome · defeat · dominate · tame · restrain · curb · control · repress
Discuss to reach agreement
- arbitrateSettle as impartial judge
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
- intercedeIntervene on behalf
intervene · moderate · facilitate · go-between · diplomat · intermediary · adjudicate · settle
Agreed halt to fighting
- truceAgreed halt to hostilities
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- accordHarmony between parties
- treatyBinding pact between nations
détente · disarmament · reconciliation · settlement · pact · demilitarize · peacekeeping · de-escalation
placate
Lessen someone's anger
- mollifyReduce anger or distress
- conciliateCalm hostile feelings
- propitiateRegain favor through offerings
assuage · satisfy · humor · indulge · sweeten · disarm · soft-soap · buy-off · kowtow · cave-in
soothe
Gently ease discomfort
- quietLacking in sound
- tranquilizeInduce calm chemically
- sedateCalm and unhurried
settle · relax · comfort · reassure · console · ease · gentle · lull · hush · still
suppress
Forcibly put an end to
conquer · overcome · defeat · dominate · tame · restrain · curb · control · repress · vanquish
negotiate
Discuss to reach agreement
- arbitrateSettle as impartial judge
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
intercede · intervene · moderate · facilitate · go-between · diplomat · intermediary · adjudicate · settle · resolve
ceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
treaty · détente · disarmament · reconciliation · settlement · pact · demilitarize · peacekeeping · de-escalation · neutralize
- peacedove, dove release, olive branch, white flag, treaty
- calmingcalm, calm down, soothe, relax, ease
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, mediate, negotiate, diplomacy
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
- restrainhold back, suppress, hold in, keep in, keep down
- Pacific OceanLargest body of water
- Central PacificRailroad from California eastward
- Pacific coastWestern North American seaboard
- South PacificOcean region near Oceania
- Pacific islandsArchipelagos in largest ocean
- The PacificEarth's largest ocean
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