placates in English
verb
1
make (someone) less angry or hostile.
they attempted to placate the students with promises
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Below are sample sentences containing the word "placates" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "placates", or refer to the context using the word "placates" in the English Dictionary.
1. Synonyms for Appeases include soothes, mollifies, assuages, pacifies, calms, placates, conciliates, allays, propitiates and settles
2. Antonyms for Agonizes include aids, assists, assuages, calms, comforts, delights, helps, idles, lazes and placates
3. Antonyms for Aggresses include agrees, makes peace, soothes, appeases, mollifies, reconciles, resolves, conciliates, placates and pacifies