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placate

 
 
/pləˈkeɪt/ US   /ˈpleɪkeɪt/ verb [T] formal

Translation

to make someone less angry about something
teskin etmek, yatıştırmak, sakinleştirmek
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(Definition of placate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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