how to pronounce pacify

/ˈpæsəˌfaɪ/

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pacify is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of pacify in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… to punish and pacify native people …”

meanings of pacify

verb:

To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
To appease (someone).

pacify frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pacify occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pacify can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pacify can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;