"pacifying" in the verb sense
1. pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
cause to be more favorably inclined gain the good will of
"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
2. pacify
fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location
"The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"
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