Used in a Sentence

pacifying

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pacifying.

Editorial note

Yes, but in the process of pacifying the bottom percentile, you risk pacifying kids in the upper percentile.

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Quick take

freeing from fear and anxiety

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pacifying gathered in one view.

adjective

freeing from fear and anxiety

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pacifying.

Example sentences

1

Yes, but in the process of pacifying the bottom percentile, you risk pacifying kids in the upper percentile.

2

Our own soldiers have not been terribly effective at pacifying unrest, and the locals have nothing but rifles etc.

3

It ended up being pretty funny, in a gut wrenching sort of way, with the protesters actually pacifying the police.

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Edit: Not opposed to taking on a cofounder if they provide an adequate amount of value other than pacifying incubator/accelerator/investor fears.

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The US has a track record of invasions, but not one of successfully pacifying states.

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I mean we have Europeans using gunpowder to blow each other up, while China used it for public entertainment, pacifying them, by utilizing it for fireworks.

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Defence in depth was Hitler's rationale for invading Russia, is Israel's strategy for pacifying neighbors, and is Russia's excuse for invading Ukraine.

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I'm not sure that pacifying first world leftist hippies should be the top PR priority of science.

9

You thought pacifying Afghanistan would be a piece of cake because we have laser-guided munitions and drones these days?

10

If Trump were really setting up a Xi style dictatorship he would be pacifying the people with investment in infrastructure, education and healthcare.

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From my biased reading of this site alone: both further beatings and pain relievers in the form of even more dulling and pacifying technology.

12

I doubt they’d see ‘pacifying’ an occupied population as much of an issue.

Quote examples

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It is these forces that direct the "pacifying" operation in the East which in particular results in significant ethnic cleansing of that region.

2

In effect, every thread about the NSA is our version of the daily "Two Minutes of Hate", the ritual from Orwell's 1984 where workers get up and scream, releasing their ire and accomplishing nothing but self-pacifying catharsis.

3

"Pacifying the masses by systematically poisoning the air with 'chemtrails' and the water with fluorine"?

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But if by "if by 'if by whiskey'" you mean to strategically exercise the same practice out of admiration of its effective and pacifying avail to reason, then I am certainly for it.

Proper noun examples

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Specifically, only ~40 of the 750+ favelas in Rio were selected to receive 'Pacifying Police Units' (UPPs).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pacifying in a sentence?

Yes, but in the process of pacifying the bottom percentile, you risk pacifying kids in the upper percentile.

What does pacifying mean?

freeing from fear and anxiety

What part of speech is pacifying?

pacifying is commonly used as adjective.