Pacifies

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of pacify form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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placateallayappeaseappeaseassuagecalm

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"Smoke pacifies bees, by dulling their ability to smell a special pheromone that is released by the hive's guards whenever they feel threatened. After this hive of about 60,000 bees has been doused in smoke, the evening's lesson begins."

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