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apaziguar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
  • defuse verb To remove the fuse or detonator from an explosive device.
  • mollify verb To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  • pacify verb To calm down a person, place, or situation, ending anger, unrest, or conflict.

Senses

apaziguar is used for these senses in English:

  • appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
  • defuse (transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
  • mollify To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  • pacify (transitive) To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.

defuse — full definition

  1. verb To remove the fuse or detonator from an explosive device.
  2. verb To make a tense or dangerous situation calmer.

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