unpacify

English

Etymology

un- +‎ pacify

Verb

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

1. To stir up someone or something that was previously pacified.
   • 1914, California Outlook:

     Villa as President of Mexico might not be able to pacify Mexico, but Villa as an insurgent can permanently unpacify Mexico.

   • 1970, Korea Journal - Volume 10, page 11:

     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.

   • 1999, American Anthropologist, page 799:

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