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1 WoW #32 placate

2 placate: verb by concessions or conciliatory gestures definition:
to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures

3 placate pronunciation pley keyt

4 placate placater placation placative related forms noun: adjective:
placatory placative

5 placate conciliate reconcile comfort mollify satisfy appease assuage
Synonyms conciliate reconcile comfort mollify satisfy appease assuage

6 antonyms agitate incite irritate provoke upset worry

7 placate Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva tried to placate demonstrators' concerns.

8 placate The European union bill did little to placate skeptics.

9 placate The busy mother constantly used a pacifier to placate her child.

10 placative Even President Obama did not have a placative
effect on the hysterical child.

11 placatory The boy’s placatory gestures did little to quell
the dog’s truculence.

12 placation When emotions flare, various means of placation are needed to encourage people to deescalate.

13 placater The girls acted as placaters because of the absence of their teacher.


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