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Meaning quell meaning

What does quell mean?

quell

— verb (= squelch, quench) suppress or crush completely squelch any sign of dissent quench a rebellion — verb overcome or allay quell my hunger

Synonyms quell synonyms

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quell English » English

suppress subdue stop quash subjugate stifle conquer vanquish suffocate repress quench put down choke tame quiet end calm staunch prorogue pacify overpower overcome lift halt discontinue crush appease abate tranquillize terminate stay squelch smother silence placate kill finish defeat curb conclude coerce chastise calm down beat out beat assuage wipe out win upset trounce

Topics quell topics

What do people use quell to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict Peace Make peace

Stop fighting

Conjugation quell conjugation

How do you conjugate quell?

quell · verb

Examples quell examples

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What not put upon his spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt of our great quell?
We will return to the home planet and bring back an army to quell this revolt once and for all.
Berg. Perche' we have Quell' enormous hole in the wall?
Quell it.
We can no longer quell him.
You have a land to quell before you can start all this hair pulling and jumping about.
The mayor is said to be requesting the National Guard to quell this crime wave.
The find of the evening was the author of this drama about simple folk, fishmongers, in fact, whose brute struggle for existence cannot quite quell their longing for something higher.
A disturbance? - You ought be on hand to quell unrest.
And I leave you here to quell this little rebellion.
The Kromagg Dynasty was invited in to quell an internal dispute.
Since the unfortunate incident in Southeast Asia last week, Director Wynn has been meeting with several world leaders. in an attempt to quell the proliferation. of global conflicts.
I didn't get enough to quell the madness.
Opiates to quell his temper.
We sent quell'anello for one reason only.
Quench it. Quell it.
Since the unfortunate incident in Southeast Asia last week Director Wynn has been meeting with world leaders to quell the proliferation of global conflicts.
How will that quell the fire in my soul?
And quell the wrath of God?
Quell.
You'll never be able to quell the feelings of guilt and shame as long as you're his accomplice.
He wears a filthy, spittle-soak ed rag around his head to quell the pain.
You can't quell your desire for even a moment in order to give thanks and praise to Allah?
This Army being raised to quell this rebellion and to preserve the Union.
But I have the key to quell your qualms.
It's difficult to quell suspicion.
You ought be on hand to quell unrest.
Since the unfortunate incident in Southeast Asia last week, Director Wynn has been meeting with several world leaders. in an attempt to quell the proliferation. of global conflicts. Has this produced results?
To quell the strike. Everything returned to normal?
All I did was incite the Believers of the order, and they began killing each other, while the military just made it worse by trying to quell the disorder.
Quell rebellions, oversee executions.
The rain should quell the 20-day heat wave and open the rainy season, according to the Weather Bureau.
We were just trying to quell your rebellion before it started.

News and current affairs

To be sure, central-bank intervention is not the only way to quell self-fulfilling crises in the eurozone.
A deliberative approach to engaging the public on other aspects of migration also could help quell anti-migrant sentiment.
But, a month later, the European Central Bank finally intervened to quell the panic.
The intermingling of religious passion and political radicalism makes the Iraqi insurgency particularly dangerous and difficult to quell.
The military will, under any scenario, continue to quell fears of complete political chaos.
This left the regime to choose between using force to quell the growing resistance or cutting its losses.
Without a return to growth, they cannot quell investors' doubts about their fiscal sustainability and their banks' solvency.
While the authorities have sought to quell the protests - cordoning off central New Delhi and subjecting the rest of the city to traffic restrictions - violence has escalated.
A safe, deliberate process of vetting refugees would quell security concerns in the aftermath of the Paris attacks.
When tribal clashes erupted in the remote desert town of Kufra early last year, the council dispatched the Libya Shield Force, not LNA units, to quell the unrest.
This round of fighting was preceded by a negotiated calm, as the government sought to quell militants in Pakistan's tribal areas by striking a deal with the Taliban leader, Sufi Mohammad.
The trick for the Chinese government will be to quell inflation in a way that does not compromise its long-term goal of continued strong economic growth.
The Chinese leadership has demonstrated many times that it can quell domestic dissent, but the unique scale of the Olympics will require round-the-clock vigilance.
Central authorities seemed to sense an immediate need to quell criticism of its controversial population-control efforts.
In May, he admitted during a live television broadcast that he suffers from a kidney ailment, but sought to quell rumors that he was terminally ill by insisting that fears for his health are greatly exaggerated and politically motivated.

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