pacification
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- pacificatory adjective
Example Sentences
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“We have to move forward little by little until we achieve the pacification of the entire country,” says Senator Salagado.
From BBC
As American involvement in Vietnam deepened, he went to Saigon in 1965 to evaluate civilian pacification programs.
From New York Times
“We have gone through several periods — slavery, emancipation, underpaid and overworked, pacification, integration, trying to prove something instead of dwelling in our own household,” she told The Progress-Bulletin of Pomona, Calif., in early 1972.
From New York Times
Conservative President Guillermo Lasso has promised to reduce prison violence through a gang pacification process, early release for prisoners and political and social reforms.
From Reuters
Conservative President Guillermo Lasso has promised to reduce prison violence through a gang pacification process, early release for prisoners, and political and social reforms.
From Reuters
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