{
    "term": "pacify",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "pacify",
            "heSheIt": "pacifies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "pacified",
        "pastParticiple": "pacified",
        "ingForm": "pacifying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make somebody who is angry or upset become calm and quiet",
            "sensetop": "pacify somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The baby could not be pacified."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The speech was designed to pacify the irate crowd."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "placate"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to bring peace to an area where there is fighting or a war",
            "sensetop": "pacify something",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a turbulent period before the country was pacified"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "pa/pacify/pacify__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæsɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "pa/pacify/pacifies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæsɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "pa/pacify/pacified__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pa/pacify/pacifying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæsɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "pa/pacify/pacify__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæsɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "pa/pacify/pacifies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæsɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "pa/pacify/pacified__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæsɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pa/pacify/pacifying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as pacification): from Old French pacefier, from Latin pacificare, based on pax, pac- ‘peace’."
}