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pacify

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pacify
verb
Gregory tried to think of a way of pacifying his wife:
placate, appease, calm, calm down, conciliate, propitiate, assuage, mollify, soothe, tranquillize, content, still, silence, relax, compose;
British quieten;
North American quiet.
▷antonyms provoke, enrage, inflame.
pacify Oxford Dictionary of English