quelled

quell  (kwl)

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.

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[Middle English quellen, to kill, from Old English cwellan; see g^wel- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

quelled - subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor" squelched, quenched suppressed - kept from public knowledge by various means;