tr.v., quelled, quell·ing, quells.

1. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot.
2. To pacify; quiet: finally quelled the children's fears.

[Middle English quellen, to kill, from Old English cwellan.]

verb

To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off, crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idioms: put the lid on. See continue/stop/pause, win/lose/recovery.

v

Definition: alleviate, calm
Antonyms: aggravate, agitate, bring about, disturb, irritate, perturb, prompt

v

Definition: defeat, suppress
Antonyms: succeed, succumb to, win

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IN BRIEF: To put an end to. Also: To put down.

They tried to quell the rumor before too many people heard it.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - knuse, slå ned, undertrykke, dæmpe

Nederlands (Dutch)
de kop indrukken

Français (French)
v. tr. - étouffer, réprimer

Deutsch (German)
v. - niederschlagen, unterdrücken, beschwichtigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταστέλλω, καταπνίγω

Italiano (Italian)
reprimere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dominar, reprimir

Русский (Russian)
подавить, раздавить, испепелить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reprimir, sofocar, calmar, mitigar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kuva, kväva (poet.), dämpa, stilla (poet.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
镇压, 压制, 平息, 消除

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 鎮壓, 壓制, 平息, 消除

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 억누르다, 진압하다, 가라앉히다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 鎮める, 鎮圧する, 和らげる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقمع, يهدئ عواطف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דיכא, הכניע, שיכך‬

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