pacify
🇺🇸
/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/
🇬🇧
/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/
verb
R
To calm someone down when they are upset or angry.
The mother tried to pacify her crying child with a lollipop.
R
To bring peace to a place where there is conflict or fighting.
The soldiers worked to pacify the region after the conflict.
translation
To calm someone down when they are upset or angry.; To bring peace to a place where there is conflict or fighting.
Word Forms
3rd Present
pacifies
Past
pacified
Perfect
pacified
Progressive
pacifying