unpacify

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verb

To stir up someone or something that was previously pacified.

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Meanings

verbunpacify (third-person singular simple present unpacifies, present participle unpacifying, simple past and past participle unpacified)

present singular third person unpacifies · participle present unpacifying · participle past unpacified · past unpacified

  1. transitiveTo stir up someone or something that was previously pacified.

    It has taken Pilling since 1968 to unpacify the pacified past.

    1999, American Anthropologist, page 799
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    Villa as President of Mexico might not be able to pacify Mexico, but Villa as an insurgent can permanently unpacify Mexico.

    1914, California Outlook

    The Something in this case is building Buddhist temples and erecting pagodas and Buddha figures all over the country so as to stabilize the country and to unpacify the rivers and mountains.

    1970, Korea Journal - Volume 10, page 11

Origin

From un- + pacify.

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APA

unpacify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpacify

MLA

“unpacify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpacify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpacify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpacify.

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