Vocabulary
Placate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
make (someone) less angry or hostile.
Urdu meaning
تسلی دینا، منانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Often, to placate the IMF, the same set of austerity measures has been repeatedly recycled over the past several years only to be cast aside with remarkable haste.
Dawn Editorials —
Austerity delusion
— 2026-04-06
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Initially, the Iranian government sought to placate the demonstrators.
Dawn Editorials —
Gunboat diplomacy
— 2026-01-14
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Politicians have long used such interventions as electoral tools raising support prices to woo farmers, granting subsidies to placate consumers and banning exports to manage public anger.
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Deregulation plans
— 2025-11-07
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The ruling PPP`s efforts to I L placate the PTI and Jamaat-i-Islami over the increase in traffic violation fines fell on deaf ears.
Dawn Editorials —
Safer travels
— 2025-11-03
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Is Modi taking India into a diplomatic trap to placate Trump?
Dawn Editorials —
Diplomacy as a millstone
— 2025-07-22
Synonyms
pacify, calm, calm down, appease, mollify, soothe, win over, quiet, conciliate
Curator example
“they attempted to placate the students with promises”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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