Pacification
Pacification noun - The act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined.
War
War noun - A state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups.
Usage example: the war was the result of ethnic tensions that had been building in the region for decades
Pacification is an antonym for war.
Both words in one sentence
- Great Offscreen War: The pacification of Han is referred to by many characters but the full details are never given.
Source: Literature / The Empire's Corps - This less-than-idyllic job is then deconstructed when he makes a mistake (causing the protagonists to be sent to a horrific trench war rather than a nice pacification action) and doesn't correct it because, you know what, fuck the system.
Source: Skeleton Government - World War III ends with the nuclear pacification of the US.
Source: Alternate History / Literature
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