pacify in the PONS Dictionary

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The conflict failed to pacify and resulted in an escalation between the two parties in the following year.
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Special forces were sent into the area to pacify the protest.
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But will this pacify the authorities, or will it aggravate the situation.
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The battalion, sent by the government to pacify the rebels, took the side of the insurgents.
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This rose to a clamour as the concert started and the organisers had finally to keep the entrance doors open to pacify everyone.
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Therefore, "kagura" is a rite of "tama shizume", of pacifying the spirits of the departed.
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The colonial administrators proactively tried to pacify and coopt the tribes, recruiting them to capture escaped convicts.
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She would produce tarot cards and pretend to read his future to pacify him and his bouts of violence, thus producing a temporary calming effect.
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They were extremely brutal and scary during the crime to pacify the victims and avoid further casualties.
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These programs to pacify the country were controversial and unsuccessful, and the militias survived.
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