pacification
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- pacificatory adjective
Example Sentences
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Speaking in Madrid, Sanchez says the deployment could happen "once we can see how to advance this task of pacification."
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
“We have to move forward little by little until we achieve the pacification of the entire country,” says Senator Salagado.
From BBC • May 22, 2024
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 • Apr. 4, 2022
In the summer of 1966, however, a lengthy secret study of the pacification program was done for the embassy and military headquarters in Saigon by some of the most experienced Americans in the country.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
Lieutenant Carroll said that we were going on another pacification mission the next day, then an hour later he came and told us that we weren’t.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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