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placate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify |
| Type of | calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
| Derivation | placation, placative, placatory |
Examples of placate
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It'll be a move that might make the team worse just to placate a large contract.
From the freep.com
Most franchises look for a quick fix to stop the bleeding or to placate critics.
From the washingtonpost.com
To placate his new partners, he amassed the biggest Cabinet in Israel's history.
From the latimes.com
At funerals they sometimes burn paper models of tall villas to placate the dead.
From the economist.com
Since protests began in March, Assad has done little to placate the opposition.
From the time.com
The resumption of oil exports did not, however, placate the commodities market.
From the cnn.com
Court documents suggest the board attempted to placate Coppard without success.
From the sltrib.com
Some lackluster managements jack up dividends just to placate big shareholders.
From the time.com
To placate the Americans, Pakistan occasionally arrests a senior Qaeda operative.
From the nytimes.com
- Pacify: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
- (placating) appeasing(a): intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an astonishingly placatory speech"
- To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that he or she becomes content or at least no longer irate
- (v) - to pacify, to soothe; to appease
