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  • 31pacific — adjective 1) a pacific community Syn: peace loving, peaceable, pacifist, nonviolent, nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, unwarlike Ant: aggressive, belligerent 2) their pacific intentions Syn …

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  • 32pacific — /pəˈsɪfɪk / (say puh sifik) adjective 1. Also, Obsolete, pacifical. tending to make peace; conciliatory: pacific propositions. 2. peaceable; not warlike: a pacific disposition. 3. Also, Obsolete, pacifical. peaceful; at peace: pacific state of… …

  • 33pacific — adjective Etymology: Middle English pacifique, from Latin pacificus, from pac , pax peace + i + ficus fic more at pact Date: circa 1548 1. a. tending to lessen conflict ; conciliatory b. rejecting the use of force as an instrument of policy 2. a …

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  • 34Pacific D-8 — This article is about the American glider. For the unrelated the Czech motorglider with the same designation, see Pro FE D 8 Moby Dick. D 8 Role Glider National origin United States Designer Ken Coward First flight May 1964 Introduction 1963 Stat …

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  • 35Pacific — 1 Original name in latin Pacific Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Chicago longitude 38.482 latitude 90.74152 altitude 141 Population 7002 Date 2011 05 14 2 Original name in latin Pacific Name in other language State… …

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  • 36pacific — [[t]pəsɪ̱fɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A pacific person, country, or course of action is peaceful or has the aim of bringing about peace. [FORMAL] The Liberals were traditionally seen as the more pacific party. Syn: peaceable Ant: belligerent …

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  • 37Pacific — pa·cif·ic || pÉ™ sɪfɪk n. Pacific Ocean adj. of the Pacific ocean …

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  • 38pacific — pa•cif•ic [[t]pəˈsɪf ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) tending to make or preserve peace; conciliatory 2) not warlike; peaceable; mild 3) at peace; peaceful 4) calm; tranquil 5) geg (cap.) of, pertaining to, or bordering on the Pacific Ocean 6) geg (cap.) Pacific… …

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  • 39Pacific — noun The Pacific Ocean …

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  • 40pacific — pa|cif|ic [pəˈsıfık] adj literary [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: pacifique, from Latin pacificus, from pax; PEACE] peaceful and loving or wanting peace ▪ a normally pacific community …

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