placated
Meaning
of Placate
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Examples
The gods, after all, are only human, and once their rage has been placated they are perfectly capable of acts of mercy and grace.
But those not placated with such assurances or have not even bothered to look at the reality on counter-insurgency operations in Nigeria are excited to dismiss it.
Lewis, an Oxford and Cambridge scholar himself, suggests in his work that even intellectuals are not impervious to the influence of such demons, especially during placated acceptance of the " Historical Point of View " (Letter XXVII).
In some ways Theodoric may have been overly accommodating to both the Romans and other Gothic people as he placated Catholics and Arian Christians alike.
A shell of a woman, she is placated by pills and immersed night in day in the “family.”
It has blurred our vision, placated our fears and white-washed bad news for far too long.