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3 7.9
To make people or places calm and stop fighting
  • verb
  • /piːs/
translation icon : pacificar
  • We need to peace the situation before it escalates into a bigger conflict.

Examples

  • Peace out world!

  • - All right guys, there's no money tonight, I'm peaceing out,

  • - Okay, you be his new best friend while I peace out then.

  • I'll peace out of your hair, man.

  • It is great to have you, may peace be with you.

  • 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.

  • The leaders worked together to peace the nation after years of unrest.

Synonyms

to make peace
vsto peace
89 3.4

To stop arguing and become friendly again

is the same idea phrased in a more general form
to pacify
vsto peace
8 6.3

To bring peace to a place after fighting, often by using force

brings calm by building harmony rather than by using force
to conciliate
vsto peace
1 7.9

To stop people being angry and make them friendly again

creates a calm nonviolent state rather than focusing on personal anger
8.2

Stop fighting and try to be friends again

is the general verb for causing a calm nonviolent state

Antonyms

war
1.0

A period when countries or groups fight with weapons and violence

397 2.3

A serious disagreement between people or groups over ideas

Idioms

109 2.1

Calm and free from worry or conflict

Prevent people from arguing or fighting so things stay calm

Ask anyone who objects to speak now or be silent forever

A wish that a dead man finds peace after death

To die peacefully, people say this as a gentle way to talk about someone's death

Phrasal Verbs

89 3.4

To stop arguing and become friendly again

35 4.3

Become calm and quiet inside after trouble

Compounds

peace process
  • Formal
186 3.0

A series of talks and actions to end a war and make peace between fighting sides

64 3.0

A calm feeling with no worry

peace and quiet
  • Informal
43 1.0

A calm time or place with little noise

40 3.4

A United States government program that sends volunteers to help people in other countries

peace treaty
  • Formal
31 3.0

A formal agreement to stop a war and start peaceful relations

A gift or action that ends an argument and brings back friendship

14 4.4

A calm feeling inside when your mind is free from worry

11 3.3

A long time with no war or fighting between countries

11 3.4

Wanting peace and avoiding violence or fights

9 4.5

A person who does small legal tasks like witnessing documents, marrying people, and hearing minor cases

peace officer
  • Formal
9 3.5

A person who has legal power to make people follow the law, like a police officer or sheriff

A step that starts talks to end a conflict between countries or groups

A deep calm and quiet feeling inside that makes you feel relaxed

6 2.9

A circle with three lines that people use to show a wish for no war

A deep calm feeling like being in heaven

peace pipe
  • Literature
3 6.8

A decorated pipe smoked in a special ceremony by some Native American groups to show peace or agreement

2 3.0

A public event where people protest against war and call for peace

A thing that shows peace, like a white dove or an olive branch

A situation where people live together without fighting and understand each other

An action that makes people in public feel unsafe or upset

An action that makes a public place noisy or unsafe and can get you in trouble with the police

A set of beliefs that teaches people to be peaceful and avoid violence

1 9.8

A set of treaties signed in 1648 that ended the Thirty Years' War and made states independent

1 2.6

A simple sign with three lines in a circle that shows peace

kiss of peace
  • Formal
9.1

A short greeting in church to show love and unity

A nickname for the US state North Dakota because of the Peace Garden on its border

A green houseplant with shiny leaves and a white leaf around its flowers

Support for peace between countries to prevent war

4.2

A field of study that looks at why people fight and how to make peace

9.0

A decorated smoking pipe used at special times to show peace or agreement

How Peaceful

to reconcile
38 5.1
to pacify
8 6.3
to peace
3 7.9
to appease
48 5.8
to calm
962 1.0

Surface Forms

peace infinitive
peaced past
peaced past participle
peacing present participle
peaces third person singular

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.