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鎮める — meaning in English

shizumeru

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English meaning

  • pacify verb To calm down a person, place, or situation, ending anger, unrest, or conflict.
  • quell verb To bring a disturbance, rebellion, or strong feeling under control; to suppress it.
  • reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
  • settle verb To resolve a dispute, disagreement, or debt, often by reaching an agreement.
  • tranquilize verb To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.

Senses

鎮める is used for these senses in English:

  • pacify (transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
  • quell (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.]
  • reduce (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
  • tranquilize (transitive, now, literary) To make (something or someone) tranquil.

pacify — full definition

  1. verb To calm down a person, place, or situation, ending anger, unrest, or conflict.
  2. verb To appease or satisfy someone, often to stop them complaining.

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