Adjective pacifying has 1 sense
  1. assuasive, calming, pacifying, soothing - freeing from fear and anxiety
    Antonyms: unreassuring, worrisome (indirect, via reassuring)
,Verb pacify has 2 senses
  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"
    --1 is one way to calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
    Derived forms: noun pacification1, noun peace2, noun peace3, noun pacifier2
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to pacify Sue
  2. pacify - fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"
    --2 is one way to
    establish, give
    Derived forms: noun pacification2, noun peace4, noun peace1, noun peace5, noun pacifier1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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