Placate and Turn

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Placate

Placate verb - To lessen the anger or agitation of.
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Antonyms for Placate
Turn is an antonym for placate.
Nearby Words: placating, placatory, placable

Turn

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.
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Placate is an antonym for turn in twist a body part topic.
Nearby Words: turned, turning
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Common collocations

person placate person turn person
people placate people turn people
house placate house turn house
animals placate animals turn animals

Both words in one sentence

  • Hornblower and the Atropos ends with Hornblower's ship being taken away to placate the King of Sicily, a full-grown Royal Brat who would turn on the Brits if they didn't give it to him.
    Source: Downer Ending / Literature
  • Presumably, the intention was to placate Moral Guardians in America, without ending up in the Reefer Madness hysteria school by claiming weed will turn you into a bipolar rapist.
    Source: G-Rated Drug
  • Jedi Mind Trick The Placate power used by Stalkers makes a hostile enemy turn docile just long enough for another Assassin's Strike (or to run).
    Source: Jedi Mind Trick
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Antonyms for placate


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