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Exact Match:

pacify: fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

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die down collapse: become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down"

conciliate collapse

defuse collapse: remove the triggering device from

placate collapse

routinize collapse

disarm collapse: remove offensive capability from; take away the weapons from; render harmless; make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely"

standardize collapse: cause to conform to standard or norm; "The weights and measures were standardized"; evaluate by comparing with a standard

normalize collapse: make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard; "normalize relations with China"; "normalize the temperature"; "normalize the spelling"; become normal or return to its normal state; "Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon"

regularize collapse: make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker"

dulcify collapse

systematize collapse: arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

propitiate collapse: make peace with

stabilize collapse: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"; become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"

tranquilize collapse

line up collapse: take one's position before a kick-off; form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"; get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"; form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly"

cool off collapse: feel less enamoured of something or somebody

soothe collapse: cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

appease collapse

mollify collapse: make less rigid or softer

take the edge off collapse

molder collapse

quell collapse: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

deploy collapse: place troops or weapons in battle formation; to distribute systematically or strategically; "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East"

allay collapse

dwindle collapse: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

subside collapse: wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"; sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"; sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside"

cease collapse: (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

organize collapse: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"; arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"; cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea

arrange collapse: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"; make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"; put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"; adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"

hush collapse: (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"; run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals; wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"; become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"; cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"

dispose collapse: make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them"; give, sell, or transfer to another; "She disposed of her parents' possessions"

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