allay, cease, die down, gentle, lay the dust, mollify, qualify, relieve, smooth over, stop, wane
Definitionv. cause to be more favorably inclined
Last update: August 4, 2015
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I always pacify my mother when she loses temper. [verb]
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Not only did he have to pacify the tribes, but also mend rifts between the Roman legions. [verb]
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Never use a flame from matches, lighters or candles to pacify a child, or attract a child 's attention. [verb]
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Rochester had given was merely an invention framed to pacify his guests. [verb]
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Troops were sent to pacify the country, and in one village a soldier found a copy of Moses' laws and tore it up in public with jeers and blasphemies. [Please select]
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Let us go among them, señors, our presence will pacify them. [Please select]
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To pacify the popular clamour he called together a meeting of the Notables in the year 1787. [Please select]
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With these and many other fair words they tried to pacify the Pale-faces. [Please select]
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"I strike because I can," he would say to pacify himself. [Please select]
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