placate
IPA: pɫˈeɪkeɪt
verb
- (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
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Examples of "placate" in Sentences
- State -- all because you have to 'placate' the Irish interest.
- COSSACK: Now, when you say "placate," give us a little more description.
- The human-rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the United Nations not to "placate" the government of the
- Mrs Duhig said the boy then went back downstairs and his mum checked on her other children before going down to "placate" him.
- Many men that "attend church" do so to pacify their wives and/or "keep up an image" or ignorantly attemp to "placate" the God they don't even know.
- Sacrifice no longer serves to "placate" the divinity, but rather to placate man and to make him desist from his hostility toward God and his neighbor.
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