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quell
[kwel]
verb (used with object)
to suppress; put an end to; extinguish.
The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,Antonyms:to vanquish; subdue.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,Antonyms:to quiet or allay (emotions, anxieties, etc.).
The child's mother quelled his fears of the thunder.
Synonyms: , , ,Antonyms:
quell
/ ɛ /
verb
to suppress or beat down (rebellion, disorder, etc); subdue
to overcome or allay
to quell pain
to quell grief
Other 51Թ Forms
- quellable adjective
- queller noun
- unquellable adjective
- unquelled adjective
- ˈܱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quell1
Example Sentences
A city-ordered 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. downtown curfew that began Tuesday — along with many protesters’ calls for nonviolence — appeared to quell some of the late-night violence and property damage.
Observers have seen these methods as the way to perpetuate a soft-authoritarianism, enacted smoothly without the violence that authoritarian governments have traditionally employed to quell opposition and consolidate power.
A day earlier, Mayor Karen Bass enacted a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for most of downtown L.A. in an effort to quell violence and vandalism.
Shortly after the raid began Friday — before the tear gas and tactical vehicles came to quell the unrest — the rapid response members arrived.
Federal troops and California National Guard units joined forces with local law enforcement officers to quell the turmoil, but not without harrowing results.
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