Synonyms: pacification, counterinsurgency
Definition: actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
Similar words: battle, struggle, conflict
Definition: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
Usage: the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph--Thomas Paine; police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
Synonyms: mollification, pacification
Definition: the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
Usage: a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants; his unsuccessful mollification of the mob
Similar words: calming, appeasement
Definition: the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
Synonyms: pacification, peace, peace treaty
Definition: a treaty to cease hostilities
Usage: peace came on November 11th