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quelling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crushing, stifling, suppression |
| Type of | bar, prevention |
| Has types | crackdown |
| Derivation | quell |
the quelling of the rebellion.
Examples of quelling
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Hoh argues that our military presence is feeding the insurgency, not quelling it.
From the dispatch.com
We encourage not to continue quelling such a natural emotion but to embrace it.
From the techcrunch.com
China has approved an annual holiday in Tibet to mark the quelling of the uprising.
From the voanews.com
The average hourly earnings remained unchanged, quelling fears about wage inflation.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Indonesian army was out in force quelling riots over rising food prices.
From the economist.com
She used to sleep on my bed, near my head, her buzzsaw purring quelling my insomnia.
From the sacbee.com
It would allow patients to eat a regular diet by quelling immune response in the gut.
From the latimes.com
We should be prepared to see different means of quelling public unrest in the region.
From the cnn.com
His job included collecting taxes and quelling uprisings in the towns around Monrovia.
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- Squelch: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
- Overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
- (quelled) subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"
- A spring or fountain; To kill. [9th-19th c.]; To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]; To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.]; To be subdued or abated; to diminish. [16th-17th c.]
- (quelled) (vb.): To quell is to overwhelm something until it is powerless. The tin roof of Miss Maudie's house quelled the flames because tin cannot burn so the fire was eventually stopped.
- (2h)[1], POs ><, FOs up, are held with DH against lips and NDH directly in front of it; the hands separate while descending, change to (2h)[5], POs down, FOs away, rise again slightly and descend. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - quell.
- To control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation
- Put an end to, subdue, make quiet.
- Stop, (in context) murder
