The appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object), : to appease an angry king. ,The fruit appeased his hunger.    From Dictionary.com. 

MP Ayoob Kara said the killings only show that Netanyahu's policy of what he calls appeasing the Palestinians isn't working.    From Wordnik.com.  [Settlement-Building May Tear Down Peace Talks] Reference

And yes McDonnell messed up in appeasing all his constituents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apology not accepted, lawmaker says of McDonnell] Reference

There is no long term appeasing of aggressors, they only become more aggressive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » VIDEO: Rumsfeld Compares Iraq War Critics To Hitler Appeasers] Reference

You might as well plant a violet in the face of a northeast storm with the idea of appeasing it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony] Reference

Sony is committed to supporting both it and the PSP 3000 side-by-side (also known as appeasing the retail chains).    From Wordnik.com.  [1UP RSS feed] Reference

TALKING does not mean "appeasing" or selling out an advantage.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain seizes on Obama's 'tiny' comment] Reference

But when somebody goes away and is serving time and is being punished for it, it becomes a kind of appeasing thing that you can live with.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 1, 2003] Reference

You think that he's "appeasing" the evil Muslims right?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference

What could anyone do that wouldn't be seen as 'appeasing' these prejudices?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

• Tim Pawlenty accused the Obama administration of "appeasing" the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

Some critics worry that Washington is "appeasing" Russia, encouraging more bullying from this bear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet Atheism] Reference

Mendacity was not outside of Miss Forbes's easy code when enlisted in a good cause, such as appeasing her own impish curiosity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Success A Novel] Reference

Obama 2005: drive out Democrats who are interested in "appeasing" the right wing, and enforce a more clearly progressive agenda.    From Wordnik.com.  [Right Voices] Reference

Bret Schundler, for appeasing the state teachers union.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newark Schools Chief Out] Reference

You have to have an appeasing and socially acceptable Green ethos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Martin: Big Oil Has Replaced Big Tobacco In The Bulls Eye of America's Vitriol] Reference

McGregor now has an opportunity which goes beyond appeasing dissenting voices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allan McGregor 'can handle boos' on return from exile for Scotland] Reference

It was actually appeasing the segregationists by making it separate but equal.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Slow Rebirth, Across Town From 'Treme'] Reference

Those who were then appeasing Hitler were firmly convinced that they were right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lech Kaczynski: How The West Got Georgia Wrong] Reference

That again sounds like the USDA, appeasing the powerful pharmaceutical industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: A New Food Pyramid] Reference

It has been punished for appeasing industrial lobbyists and the rightwing press.    From Wordnik.com.  [For deniers, politics beats the science. Handouts beat both] Reference

"Well, it is sorta personal and rather abrupt," agreed the midget in an appeasing tone.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference

Manlobog or Mangalagan, whom they recognized as having power of appeasing irritated spirits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Negritos of Zambales] Reference

It was a principal meeting place for politicians who, like her father, opposed appeasing the Nazis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Storm Clouds] Reference

So, I ask this as an earnest question -- why is Barack Obama obsessed with appeasing the establishment?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cenk Uygur: Why Does Barack Obama Love the Establishment So Much?] Reference

For years I have hungered for silk ones, but have had no conscientious excuse for appeasing my appetite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914] Reference

When the pain came, he did his best to scratch mentally, appeasing and, more importantly, suppressing it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Retreat] Reference

He hid his depressions and derangements in appeasing personalities; an undeniable wit, over-excited hellos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cory's Carousel] Reference

(Though the song did make a brief cameo in the fourth quarter, appeasing the three people who still like it.).    From Wordnik.com.  [This Doesn't Ad Up] Reference

Others, like Shimon, compare reasoning with Saddam to appeasing Hitler, and believe force is the only solution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Longing To Return] Reference

The writers describe feelings of appeasing a higher power, of gaining wisdom from starvation or strength from abstaining.    From Wordnik.com.  [It’s Not Just White Girls] Reference

The plan has been floated by Tories as a means of appeasing the Lib Dems, who are opposed to higher tuition fees, Cook reports.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics blog live - Thursday 9 September] Reference

It's 1938, says the liberal columnist Richard Cohen, evoking images of Hitler's armies massing in the face of an appeasing West.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year of Living Fearfully] Reference

Rightwing columnists and, depressingly but predictably in these appeasing times, leftwing journalists have joined the moaning chorus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Societies without God are more benevolent] Reference

It usually takes a back seat to rewarding supporters, playing congressional politics, seeking diversity and appeasing interest groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brilliant Brain Trust] Reference

"This is a revolutionary idea in the world of LDP government, which has always survived by appeasing voters rather than by trusting them.".    From Wordnik.com.  [LIGHTING A FUSE] Reference