Stopped to embrace second member, being placated (8)
I believe the answer is:
disarmed
'placated' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'stopped to embrace second member' is the wordplay.
'stopped' becomes 'died' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to embrace' indicates putting letters inside.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'member' becomes 'arm' (member can mean a limb).
's'+'arm'='sarm'
'died' enclosing 'sarm' is 'DISARMED'.
'being' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disarmed that I've seen before include "Took away weapons" , "Removed the fuse from a bomb" .)