Both Uses
pacify
in
Hollow City
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- Then Miss Peregrine, apparently impatient to pacify Claire, took one edge of the book's cover in her beak and opened it to a seemingly random chapter.†
p. 53.1 *
- Such was the power of an ymbryne over peculiar children: the very presence of one—even one we'd only just met—had an immediate pacifying effect on us.†
p. 327.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(pacify) calm someone who is angry; or establish peaceSynonym 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. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)