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Related / Similar Words: counterinsurgency, mollification, peace, peace treaty

 

Definition:
  • actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency;
  • the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob";
  • a treaty to cease hostilities; "peace came on November 11th";

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    Hyponyms: Peace of Westphalia, Treaty of Versailles

     

    Derivational Morphology: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle, temper, season

     
     
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