pacify

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pac‧i‧fy /ˈpæsəfaɪ, ˈpæsɪfaɪ/ BrE AmE verb (past tense and past participle pacified, present participle pacifying, third person singular pacifies) [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: ↑peace, ↑peacefulness, ↑pacifier, ↑pacifism, ↑pacifist; adjective: ↑peaceful, ↑peaceable, ↑pacifist; adverb: ↑peacefully, ↑peaceably; verb: ↑pacify]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: pacificare, from pax; ⇨ ↑peace]
1. to make someone calm, quiet, and satisfied after they have been angry or upset:
‘You’re right,’ Rita said, in order to pacify him.
2. to stop groups of people from fighting or protesting, often by using force:
Economic reforms are needed to pacify and modernize the country.

pacifyhu

◎	['pæsifai]
※	ngoại động từ pacified
	■	bình định; lập lại hoà bình
	■	làm yên, làm nguôi (cơn giận...)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle