What is "pacifying"

Usage examples of "pacifying".

The commander had been pacifying various recalcitrant parts of Klatch for long enough to wonder why, if he was pacifying people, he always seemed to be fighting them.

Breslaw began speaking to his superior, though Helva couldn't tell if he were pacifying Railly or diverting him with other matters.

I said a few pacifying words to Felim, to ensure a decently cooked meal this evening, and rushed to my mother's office on the sublevel.

The new Coronal, I think, must take up the task of pacifying Piliplok and Ni-moya, and of winning over the allegiance of the false Coronals.