propitiator

1 He made an offering to propitiate the angry gods.

2 the temple was once the site of sacrifices—both to honor the gods in times of plenty and to propitiate them in times of trouble

3 Since 1979, the United States has sought to contain or propitiate the regime in Tehran.

4 Both the sirens and Proteus know much, if not all, that has happened upon the face of the earth, but whereas the sirens sing their song unbidden while taking the hearer’s life in return, Proteus under compulsion tells the hearer the proper animal sacrifice to offer to propitiate the gods.

5 These mace heads, more commonly made from antler, are often dredged from rivers; they were probably placed there to propitiate the water spirits.

6 Sarah Burton’s poetic debut collection for Alexander McQueen for spring 2011 took inspiration from the corn-husk dollies that in ancient Britain were traditionally used to propitiate the agricultural field gods.

7 Norman’s description of a crisis over which deity to propitiate, a crisis that began with the thirteenth and continues to the present day, is impressive in its clarity.

8 These ghosts have been stalking the premises since the Great Famine, when a local man committed a sickening murder in an attempt to propitiate the ancient gods.

9 Soon after Kuchibhotla’s murder, a commentator in India a grave irony: in the run-up to the 2016 election, a number of right-leaning American Hindus , not only with donations but also with elaborate prayer ceremonies to propitiate the gods.

10 In interviews, the inhabitants complained that rocks being blasted off the mountains were falling on their homes and angering the local neak ta, who had to be propitiated with offerings of roast pigs.

1 安抚者

conciliator

2 调解人

intermediary intervenient middle mediator paraclete overman accommodator reconciler intermediator defuser pacificator peacemaker bridge builder

3 赎罪者

expiator redeemer expiate