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- verb Present participle of
appease .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
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Examples
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MP Ayoob Kara said the killings only show that Netanyahu's policy of what he calls appeasing the Palestinians isn't working.
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MP Ayoob Kara said the killings only show that Netanyahu's policy of what he calls appeasing the Palestinians isn't working.
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And yes McDonnell messed up in appeasing all his constituents.
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Thanks to Bush (with help from the impotent and crooked Zeropeans) the UN is more irrelevant today than it has ever been and more and more countries are damning the French, Germans and Russians for their part in appeasing and enabling the terrorists they find on their own soil.
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That Guy says: more and more countries are damning the French, Germans and Russians for their part in appeasing and enabling the terrorists they find on their own soil.
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Average TV Viewer says: more and more countries are damning the French, Germans and Russians for their part in appeasing and enabling the terrorists they find on their own soil.
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There is no long term appeasing of aggressors, they only become more aggressive.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Rumsfeld Compares Iraq War Critics To Hitler Appeasers 2006
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Ghandi's passive resistance to British rule, however, which was really the embodiment of soul force, was unsuccessful in appeasing the masses, because they understand no other agent of possession than that of brute force.
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It was, however, too late, or at least useless, to declaim against the folly of those who had; and he found sufficient employment in appeasing the distress of his wife and daughters, while he sent Orlando to entertain the General.
The Old Manor House 1793
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His voice seemed to have some effect in appeasing the fears of the old woman; but upon surveying him, they again returned – 'You' squire Somerive's son! 'exclaimed she –' Will you persuade me of that?
The Old Manor House 1793
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