pacificate

[ puh-sif-i-keyt ]

/ pəˈsɪf ɪˌkeɪt /

to pacify.

Origin of pacificate

First recorded in 1640–50, pacificate is from the Latin word pācificātus (past participle of pācificāre to make peace). See pacify, -ate¹

pac·i·fi·ca·tion, noun pa·cif·i·ca·tor, noun pa·cif·i·ca·to·ry

[puh-sif-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /pəˈsɪf ɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective non·pac·i·fi·ca·tion, noun

non·pa·cif·i·ca·to·ry, adjective

But the pacification of Iraq would come without addressing Suleimani or his destructiveness.

Iran’s Top Spy Is the Modern-Day Karla, John Le Carré’s Villainous Mastermind |Michael Weiss |July 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Many locals, including Silva, remain skeptical that the pacification program will continue after the Olympics in 2016.

Rio’s Real-Life Slumdog Millionaires |Brandon Presser |June 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In fact, being too harsh can be damaging to pacification efforts even without international attention.

How Do You Defeat an Invisible Army? |Justin Green |February 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He describes him as irredeemably corrupt, not an appropriate partner for a pacification program, and cannot change.

'Assange Is in Some Danger' |Samuel P. Jacobs |June 11, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

The pacification and harmonious communion of all living nature.

The Bird |Jules Michelet
For to certain zealants, all speech of pacification is odious.

Essays |Francis Bacon
In commanding the war, Congress pledged us to continue our action until the pacification of the island should be secured.

Problems of Expansion |Whitelaw Reid
The Pacification of Ghent had found the door open to religious toleration.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume III.(of III) 1574-84 |John Lothrop Motley
Such was the armistice, and during the whole of it conferences went on on the subject of a pacification.

The History of the Peloponnesian War |Thucydides

pacification

/ (ˌpæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) /

the act, process, or policy of pacifying

pacificatory, adjective