pacify

About 0.60 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.

   Their orders were to pacify the province by destroying resistance.

2. verb To mollify, placate or soothe (someone or something).
3. verb To appease (someone).

Similar words

placate appease lenify mollify assuage gentle conciliate gruntle ease soothe

Often followed by

the him them her and his their a it

Word family

pacifiable pacified pacifies pacifying