Pacification

(noun.) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.

(noun.) the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; 'a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants'; 'his unsuccessful mollification of the mob'.

贝丽尔整理

• He had Mrs. Yorke to appease; not quite so easy a task as the pacification of her housemaids. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Well, well,' replied the Jew, with an attempt at pacification; 'and, if you have, it's your living! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

阿弗丽达整理