All 13 Uses of
pacify
in
Fallen Angels
- Brunner came into the hooch and told us to saddle up, that we were going on a pacification mission.†
Chpt 9
- Everybody was interested in the pacification thing we were going on.†
Chpt 9
- We came into the village to pacify the people who lived there.†
Chpt 9
- This week you have a choice of stickball, ring-a-levio, and pacification.†
Chpt 9
- There was another outfit doing a pacification project a few kilometers from us, and the chopper that had picked them up was waiting with our chopper.†
Chpt 9
- Lieutenant Carroll said that we were going on another pacification mission the next day, then an hour later he came and told us that we weren't.†
Chpt 9
- You can't get a body count on a pacification run," Monaco said.†
Chpt 9
- A patrol from Echo Company went out on a pacification thing to the same hamlet we went to, and two guys got hit.†
Chpt 9
- Pacify them to death!†
Chpt 9
- These were the people we had come to save, to pacify.†
Chpt 10 *
- The next afternoon we had to run escort service for a civilian pacification team.†
Chpt 11
- Below the DMZ they do pacification stuff, look around to see who is infiltrating, that kind of thing.†
Chpt 11
- We got the word that the first hamlet we had worked on the pacification patrol was being harassed by the VC.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(pacify) calm someone who is angry; or establish peaceeditor's notes: Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
"Pacify" is often chosen to imply success in creating a peaceful state. "Placate" can imply that concessions were made and/or that anger was successfully replaced with goodwill. "Mollify" is a more neutral selection.