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pacification

noun

Actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

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Word length
12
Starts with
P
Ends with
N
Contains
AC
Scrabble score
21
CEFR level
B2

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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”

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A wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants
His unsuccessful mollification of the mob
Peace came on November 11th

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