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    peaceful
    peace‧ful S3 /ˈpiːsfəl/ adjective
     Word Family: noun: peace, peacefulness, pacifier, pacifism, pacifist; adjective: peaceful, peaceable, pacifist; adverb: peacefully, peaceably; verb: pacify
    1. a peaceful time, place, or situation is quiet and calm without any worry or excitement:
        We had a peaceful afternoon without the children.
        It’s very peaceful out here in the woods.
    2. not involving war, fighting, or violence
        peaceful protest/demonstration
        There was a large but peaceful demonstration outside the US Embassy.
        peaceful solution/conclusion/settlement
        We must try to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.
        peaceful means/way/manner/method
        a political change achieved by peaceful and democratic means
        the use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes
        The countries in Europe have established a peaceful co-existence (=they exist together without fighting).
    3. peaceful people do not like violence and do not behave in a violent way ⇨ non-violent:
        a noisy but peaceful group of demonstrators
    —peacefully adverb:
        She was sleeping peacefully.
    —peacefulness noun [uncountable]
         
    COLLOCATIONS
    (for Meaning 2)
    ■ nouns
       ▪ a peaceful protest/demonstration 5,000 students began a peaceful protest which turned into a violent confrontation with police.
       ▪ a peaceful solution/resolution/settlement The authorities want a peaceful solution to the hostage crisis.
       ▪ peaceful coexistence (=when people live together without fighting or arguing) Blacks and whites lived in peaceful coexistence.
       ▪ a peaceful transition (=a peaceful change from one system to another) They hope to achieve a peaceful transition to democracy.
    ■ phrases
       ▪ by/through peaceful means We must redistribute power in this country by peaceful means.
       ▪ for peaceful purposes A Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed that the nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes.
         
    THESAURUS
    ■ a quiet place
       ▪ quiet without much noise: It’s so quiet here at night. | This is the quietest room in the house to work in.
       ▪ silent with no noise at all: The room fell silent (=became silent).
       ▪ peaceful (also tranquil especially written) quiet in a pleasant and relaxing way: Life’s more peaceful in the countryside. | The hotel is set in tranquil surroundings.
       ▪ sleepy [only before noun] quiet – used about a town or village where there are not many people and very little happens: a sleepy fishing village