Pacify

"It is impossible for me," he writes to Nagni, the French nuncio, 2 April, 1629, "to put in jeopardy the common fatherhood and, in consequence, to be no longer able to heal and pacify, which is the proper business of the pope as vicar of Christ" ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

In 112 BCE, the Han's southern campaign to "pacify" the Southern Yue subjugated the Southern and Western Barbarians, resulting in the establishment of Yuexi and Shenli commanderies. 21 In 109 BCE, the Han conquered the Laojin and Mimo peoples. 22 Under enormous military pressure, the king of Dian surrendered. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So this might've been sent out to them as a way to kind of pacify the troops. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As in Vietnam, the goal would seem to be to install a regime run by the United States and to "pacify" the country into accepting it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Turkish-Armenian dialogue is known to have been advocated by successive U.S. administrations as a way to "pacify" the Armenian lobby and to weaken the incessant congressional efforts for U.S. recognition of the "Armenian genocide," a development that would most certainly damage U.S. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He also publicly denounced Israel for seeking, in his words, to "pacify" the Palestinians rather than reach a peace agreement with them and he praised the work of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, authors of The Israel Lobby. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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The US and its NATO allies can barely come up with the troops to "pacify" Afganistan which has only 25M people without contemplating going into Pakistan with its population of 130M. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It seems that the thirst for oil is so great as to even place the Iraqis on reservations as was done to "pacify" our own Native Americans. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Kabila's government has vowed to "pacify" the territory, but the ❋ Unknown (2008)

After the ruling was successfully appealed to the Supreme Court by the District of Columbia, the National Rifle Association made a similar argument in their brief to the Court, affirming that the "very existence of an armed citizenry will tend to discourage would-be tyrants from attempting to use paid troops to 'pacify' the populace." ❋ Unknown (2008)

He could try to "pacify" Republicans, but that's only possible by giving some ground to conservatives and Obama's platform is as his base expects strictly leftist in nature. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

With few exceptions, Americans have been too decent and freedom-loving, as well as too nativist, impatient and inward-looking, to want to colonize or "pacify" any country for long. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I believe we could "pacify" Iraq through brutal application of force resulting in genocide-like slaughter. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

I absolutely agree with Steve and Dutch on the mandatory-sterilzation legislation: it might might be well-intentioned, but it's so poorly thought through and so draconian that it reminds me of the Soviet-era attempts to "pacify" native peoples in Siberia by destroying their unique dog breeds. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In Vietnam, the Pentagon's counter-insurgency effort failed to "pacify" the countryside even with a half a million U.S. soldiers "in country." ❋ Unknown (2007)

When our leaders today talk about the necessity of maintaining a strong force in Mesopotamia to "pacify" the area, they are following a long tradition. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Bush ordered Marines to "pacify" the city of 300,000 people. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The assault is still ongoing, and in the words of its US commander, it's unclear how long it will take to "pacify" the city. ❋ Unknown (2006)