pacify
verb (used with object)
had pacified
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past perfectof pacify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Within seconds Ocean had pacified the hundreds of fans in my periphery.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2017
Gusmao immediately jumped off the podium and plunged into the crowd, arguing, calming and pleading until, single-handedly, he had pacified several hundred people.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it was the Romans who originally invaded those forests to "pacify" the Germans, as they had pacified Gaul and Britain.
From Time Magazine Archive
As soon as I had pacified the province of Cimatan, I again joined the main body under Cortes, with which I came up near Iquinupa.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
He had pacified him by promising to bring down his sister later, and to take lodgings for a week or two; but it is impossible to guess what the fellow really meant.
From Herb of Grace by Rosa Nouchette Carey
