propitiate

The great die-off is, at bottom, a form of self-sacrifice to an angry pagan idol that can never be propitiated.

As a father of two young daughters, I found DeSantis' Molochian offering — to propitiate those with little to no regard for life or the suffering of others — behavior unworthy of anyone's vote.

Some people eager to propitiate Putin have suggested the “Finlandization” of Ukraine.

Especially I felt this when I made any attempt to propitiate him.

Before he was reinstated, the Anderson School’s Faculty Executive Committee tried to propitiate the mob by announcing itself “saddened” by Klein’s “troubling conduct.”