pacification

Example Sentences

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However, he has been forced to shuffle his cabinet “in the interest of pacification”.

From Reuters

“Today we think it’s time for us to surrender, lay down our arms and take part in the pacification of the country,” said spokesman Desire Ngabo Kisuba.

From Reuters

The ministry called the announcement “an essential condition so that Libya can proceed in the path of stabilization and pacification.”

From Seattle Times

Araucanía, was for centuries the setting for the Chilean state’s “pacification” battle against the Mapuche, which has left the territory underdeveloped and impoverished – it is still the country’s poorest region.

From The Guardian

“De-escalation is a code word for pacification,” says Christen Smith, an associate professor of anthropology and African and African diaspora studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

From Scientific American