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pacification

British  
/ ˌpæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act, process, or policy of pacifying

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Other Word Forms

  • pacificatory adjective

Example Sentences

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Speaking in Madrid, Sanchez says the deployment could happen "once we can see how to advance this task of pacification."

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

“We have to move forward little by little until we achieve the pacification of the entire country,” says Senator Salagado.

From BBC • May 22, 2024

“We have gone through several periods — slavery, emancipation, underpaid and overworked, pacification, integration, trying to prove something instead of dwelling in our own household,” she told The Progress-Bulletin of Pomona, Calif., in early 1972.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2022

The government said it met with human rights groups, the Catholic Church and United Nations staff to “coordinate cooperation in the pacification process.”

From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2021

There was another outfit doing a pacification project a few kilometers from us, and the chopper that had picked them up was waiting with our chopper.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers