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pacification

noun

actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

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Word Facts

Word length
12
Starts with
P
Ends with
N
Contains
ACIFICATIO
Scrabble score
21
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

noun

  1. the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

    “a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants”

noun

  1. a treaty to cease hostilities

    “peace came on November 11th”

In context

Example Sentences

a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants
his unsuccessful mollification of the mob
peace came on November 11th

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