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pacifies

  • present tense form of pacify (3rd person singular).

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“People are saying, ‘Let’s give our peculiar new king a chance,’ while the prospect of an election pacifies a lot of the frustration and rage that people would otherwise feel.”

From New York Times May 7, 2023

Nov. 8 is his “Groundhog Day,” on endless repeat, in a way that pleases and pacifies him.

From Seattle Times Jul. 26, 2017

But most of all, the playoffs and progress depend upon some clear direction in an organization that has shown indecision as it pacifies its various factions.

From Washington Post Nov. 11, 2016

“Is it really something that pacifies? Or is it something that drives apart?”

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2016

She creates a mine of gold under the sand of the Norman coast; she pacifies political rancor and soothes the wounds of the grumblers of the Grand Army.

From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron