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Wiktionary

  1. v. intransitive To become less excited, intense, or angry.
  2. v. transitive To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. become quiet or less intensive
  2. v. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
  3. v. make calm or still

Examples

  • “Drusus had expected a wildly disturbed wife to greet him, but then expected her to calm down and become extremely practical and supportive; and Servilia Caepionis had behaved exactly as he expected.”

    The First Man in Rome

  • “Deejay Iceman tried to calm down the angry callers on the radio, but like I said earlier, no one could stop this hurricane.”

    Simon & Schuster: Magic City

  • “She dug into her bag and simply handed him the entire wad of bills, then waited anxiously, trying to calm down while he talked to the station-master about the trip.”

    Moon Shadow

  • “After that, I willed myself to calm down while he read and frowned, or read and scribbled himself a marginal comment, or tut-tutted at an imprecision in my prose.”

    the mission song

  • “My mother ran inside to turn the radio on, and sure enough Jerry Rushin was on WEDR telling everyone to calm down and keep the peace.”

    Simon & Schuster: Magic City

  • “It will calm down my mind for me, - generally my mind needs no calming, being sunk in apathy.”

    New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle

  • “She was a part of the reception team, when a girlygirl was needed to calm down a frustrated arrival or to postpone a quarrel.”

    Science Fiction Hall of Fame

  • “CHAPTER TWO EMMA STOOD IN HER bedroom, telling herself to calm down and think.”

    Moon Shadow

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