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quell
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- pronunciation:
- kwel
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
quells, quelling, quelled |
| definition 1: |
to overpower or suppress with force; put down; quash.
The police quelled the demonstration.- synonyms:
- put down, quash, stifle, suppress
- similar words:
- choke, conquer, crush, dispel, extinguish, repress, squash, squelch, stamp out, subdue
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| definition 2: |
to calm, pacify, or allay.
Her assurances quelled my fears.- synonyms:
- allay, calm, pacify, quiet
- antonyms:
- aggravate, foment
- similar words:
- alleviate, appease, assuage, dispel, ease, lay to rest, mitigate, satisfy, silence, smooth, soften, soothe, stay, still, subdue
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| related words: |
destroy, kill, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quench, quiet, settle, smother, stamp, stem, tame, wreck |
adverb + (v.)quell
quickly, temporarily
(v.)quell
+ adverb
immediately
(v.)quell
+ noun
anger,
anxiety,
appetite,
complaint,
concern,
conflict,
controversy,
craving,
crisis,
criticism,
curiosity,
demonstration,
desire,
disorder,
dispute,
dissent,
disturbance,
doubt,
epidemic,
fear,
fighting,
gossip,
hunger,
impulse,
inflammation,
insurgency,
insurrection,
intervention,
motion,
movement,
mutiny,
nausea,
opposition,
pain,
panic,
protest,
rebellion,
resistance,
revolt,
rhetoric,
riot,
rioting,
rise,
rumor,
speculation,
stomach,
storm,
strife,
strike,
suspicion,
symptom,
thought,
unrest,
uprising,
uproar,
urge,
violence
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