quell
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(kwĕl) 
tr.v., quelled, quell·ing, quells.
tr.v., quelled, quell·ing, quells.
- To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot.
- To pacify; quiet: finally quelled the children's fears.
[Middle English quellen, to kill, from Old English cwellan.]
Roget's Thesaurus:
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quell
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.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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quell
v
Definition: alleviate, calm
Antonyms: aggravate, agitate, bring about, disturb, irritate, perturb, prompt
v
Definition: defeat, suppress
Antonyms: succeed, succumb to, win
Word Tutor:
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quell
IN BRIEF: To put an end to. Also: To put down.
They tried to quell the rumor before too many people heard it.
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Quell
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
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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