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Answer for the clue "Soothe into submission ", 4 letters:
lull

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Word definitions for lull in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lull \Lull\, v. i. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 14c., lullen "hush to sleep," probably imitative of lu-lu sound used to lull a child to sleep (compare Swedish lulla "to hum a lullaby," German lullen "to rock," Sanskrit lolati "moves to and fro," Middle Dutch lollen "to mutter"). Figurative use ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sing/rock/lull sb to sleep (= make someone sleep by singing etc ) ▪ She was usually able to rock the baby back to sleep quite quickly. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN sense ▪ Had she allowed herself to be lulled into ...

Usage examples of lull.

Lulled by the sound of distant trains passing in the night, immersed in a familiar ambience, I slept as well as I had in years.

He thought of the ancient legends of Ultimate Chaos, at whose centre sprawls the blind idiot god Azathoth, Lord of All Things, encircled by his flopping horde of mindless and amorphous dancers, and lulled by the thin monotonous piping of a demoniac flute held in nameless paws.

The muffled sound of hooves on the dirt trail lulled Angelina into a near sleep.

During machine lulls, over paper cups of wine, he volunteered topics rather than just politely annotating ours.

I was almost lulled into sleep by the red-and-white plastic bobbers floating on the murky green surface of the lake.

The Boche was not very inimical here, and seemed anxious to lull us into a feeling of peace and security so that, I suppose, he could get safely on with his digging, for he had still a good deal to do.

During a lull Brockle Buhn urged him to a platform of rock jutting from the floor.

This is Bruges sleeping peacefully in old age, lulled to rest by the sound of its own carillon.

Down below the loading detail dived out to pick up the clips in the lull, and the bugler ran back to the megaphone.

Upon one stem, which the same beams and showers Lull or awaken in their purple prime, Which the same hand will gather--the same clime Shake with decay.

Meg would sigh with wonder at such unimaginable things and threaten to drift to sleep, lulled by my voice, while outside I would hear poor Danseuse paw the frosty ground and whinny with cold.

And on the Earth lulled in her winter sleep I woke, and envied her as she was sleeping.

Conceivably, some enchantment in the chant of crystal, some oblique spell zinging off the obliques, something occult in the dark occlusions had laid hands upon his eldritch senses and dulled them, lulled them, culled them, gulled them.

There came a lull in the general hubbub, broken by a meow-ing from the staircase.

It was definite that the crooks had agreed with Jark to lull Bruce into thinking that all was well.