to peace
- verb
- /piːs/
- We need to peace the situation before it escalates into a bigger conflict.
Examples
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Peace out world!
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- All right guys, there's no money tonight, I'm peaceing out,
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- Okay, you be his new best friend while I peace out then.
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I'll peace out of your hair, man.
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It is great to have you, may peace be with you.
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I'm tickled... love and peace everyone...
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I'm just saying he was inclined to peace.
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The organization aims to peace the divided communities through dialogue and cooperation.
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The leaders worked together to peace the nation after years of unrest.
Synonyms
To stop arguing and become friendly again
To bring peace to a place after fighting, often by using force
To stop people being angry and make them friendly again
Stop fighting and try to be friends again
Antonyms
Idioms
Ask anyone who objects to speak now or be silent forever
- Archaic
To die peacefully, people say this as a gentle way to talk about someone's death
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Formal
A series of talks and actions to end a war and make peace between fighting sides
A United States government program that sends volunteers to help people in other countries
- Formal
A person who does small legal tasks like witnessing documents, marrying people, and hearing minor cases
- Formal
A person who has legal power to make people follow the law, like a police officer or sheriff
- Literature
A decorated pipe smoked in a special ceremony by some Native American groups to show peace or agreement
A situation where people live together without fighting and understand each other
- Formal
An action that makes a public place noisy or unsafe and can get you in trouble with the police
- Formal
A set of treaties signed in 1648 that ended the Thirty Years' War and made states independent
A nickname for the US state North Dakota because of the Peace Garden on its border
- Specialized
A field of study that looks at why people fight and how to make peace
How Peaceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word peace as a verb comes from the same Latin root pax meaning 'peace', and it works like the verb pacify ('to calm') — to make things calm or stop fighting. So, to 'peace' is to bring about a state of peace.