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quellingverbpresent participle of quell to put a stop to (something) by the use of forcethe National Guard was called in to help quell the late-night disturbances downtown clamping down (on), cracking down (on), crushing, putting down, quashing, repressing, silencing, slapping down, snuffing (out), squashing, squelching, subduing, suppressing dousing(also dowsing), extinguishing, putting out, quenchingsmothering, stifling, strangling, throttlingannihilating, decimating, demolishing, desolating, destroying, devastating, nuking, rubbing out, ruining, smashing, wasting, wreckingexterminating, obliterating, wiping outconquering, dominating, overcoming, overpowering, overwhelming, subduing, subjugating, vanquishing sitting on abetting, aiding, assisting, backing, helping, propping up, supportingfomenting, inciting, instigating, provoking, stirring, whipping (up)advancing, cultivating, encouraging, forwarding, fostering, furthering, nourishing, nurturing, promoting to stop the noise or speech ofthe principal held up her hand to quell the students so they could hear the urgent announcement dumbing, extinguishing, hushing, muting, quietening(chiefly British), quieting, settling, shushing, shutting up, silencing, squelching, stilling agitating, stirring |