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pacifier

[ US /ˈpæsəˌfaɪɝ/ ]
[ UK /pˈæsɪfˌa‍ɪ‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. anything that serves to pacify
  2. device used for an infant to suck or bite on
  3. someone who tries to bring peace

How To Use pacifier In A Sentence

  • Sugar's siren call can even block out pain - pediatricians have shown that newborns who have injections or blood drawn don't mind the needle as much when also given a sugar-coated pacifier to suck.
  • Wash hands with soap and water particularly before eating and preparing food; before touching infants or their toys, bottles, or pacifiers; and after contact with animals or handling raw meat.
  • It is normal for children to suck their thumbs, their fingers or pacifiers.
  • ``Exactly, Neil," Janet agreed, offering him an extra helping of pawpaw as a pacifier. RUSHING TO PARADISE
  • The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers
  • Here she is working with both bodycolor and watercolor, in particular gouache, which is watercolor made opaque through the addition of an opacifier -- typically chalk -- which allows it to cover whatever is painted underneath. American Artist
  • As the child gets older, the pacifier can be converted to a teething ring and then removed completely, leaving the child with a comforting doll.
  • The use of pacifiers, sugar water and formula bottle feeds, etc. may lead to nipple confusion and jeopardise the establishment of successful breast feeding.
  • Oda Nobunaga, the leading warlord and the first of the three pacifiers and unifiers of Japan, was opposed to Buddhism.
  • Give no artificial teats or pacifiers (also called dummies or soothers) to breastfeeding infants. Chapter 8
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