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  • adjective not pacified

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un- +‎ pacified

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Examples

  • Somalia, Haiti and Florida remained unpacified by American power.

    1993: Nature's Hysterics, And More 2008

  • It's basic counter-insurgency doctrine, it's plain common sense, that one cannot reconstruct an unpacified country.

    Development through combat 2008

  • Fallujah is just one of the areas that was left unpacified and insecure in the rush to Baghdad, a strategy that was necessitated by the refusal to commit an adequate force for an effective occupation following the original invasion.

    Beyond Boston... 2004

  • Fallujah is just one of the areas that was left unpacified and insecure in the rush to Baghdad, a strategy that was necessitated by the refusal to commit an adequate force for an effective occupation following the original invasion.

    McCain on the block... 2004

  • Fallujah is just one of the areas that was left unpacified and insecure in the rush to Baghdad, a strategy that was necessitated by the refusal to commit an adequate force for an effective occupation following the original invasion.

    Archive 2004-07-01 2004

  • Fallujah is just one of the areas that was left unpacified and insecure in the rush to Baghdad, a strategy that was necessitated by the refusal to commit an adequate force for an effective occupation following the original invasion.

    Oh, get a room! 2004

  • Fallujah is just one of the areas that was left unpacified and insecure in the rush to Baghdad, a strategy that was necessitated by the refusal to commit an adequate force for an effective occupation following the original invasion.

    So it's come to this... 2004

  • Woorraddy was a member of the group, serving Robinson as a bush guide and a liaison to the unpacified tribes.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Woorraddy was a member of the group, serving Robinson as a bush guide and a liaison to the unpacified tribes.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • And their insurgency is loose-knit enough for them to blend into societies like Fallujah, for instance -- which has been a loss for us for a long time -- but more importantly to other places, like Ba'qubah and Samarra, other Sunni areas that remain unpacified -- and set up fiefdoms, much like happened in both Pakistan and Afghanistan where we lose and Iraqi military loses control on the ground.

    CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2004 2004

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