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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.]

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quell [kwɛl]

vb (tr)

1. to suppress or beat down (rebellion, disorder, etc.); subdue

2. to overcome or allay to quell pain to quell grief

[Old English cwellan to kill; related to Old Saxon quellian, Old High German quellen, Old Norse kvelja to torment]

queller  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	quell - suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" squelch, quench conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
	2.	quell - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" appease, stay fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or need

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quell

verb

1. suppress, crush, put down, defeat, overcome, conquer, subdue, stifle, overpower, quash, extinguish, stamp out, vanquish, squelch Troops eventually quelled the unrest.

2. calm, quiet, silence, moderate, dull, soothe, alleviate, appease, allay, mitigate, assuage, pacify, mollify, deaden He is trying to quell fears of a looming crisis.

Translations

quell [kwel] VT [+ uprising] → sofocar; [+ opposition] → sobreponerse a, dominar; [+ fears] → desechar

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quell [ˈkwɛl] vt

[unrest, rebellion, uprising, violence] → réprimer, étouffer

[fears, doubts] → dissiper; [speculation] → mettre fin à

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quell

vt fear → bezwingen; passion → bändigen, zügeln; riot → unterdrücken, niederschlagen; anxieties → überwinden

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quell [kwɛl] vt (passion) → reprimere; (fear) → dominare; (rebellion) → soffocare; (attempt) → sventare

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quell [kwɛl] vt (passion) → reprimere; (fear) → dominare; (rebellion) → soffocare; (attempt) → sventare

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quell

v quell [kwel]

1 to put an end to (a rebellion etc) by force. onderdruk, demp يُخْمِد ثَوْرَةً потушавам potlačit slå ned unterdrücken καταστέλλω με βία reprimir, sofocar maha suruma سرکوب کردن kukistaa réprimer לַשִׂים קֵץ ל- दबाना ugušiti elfojt (lázadást) membasmi bæla niður, kæfa reprimere, soffocare 鎮静する 진압하다 numalšinti apspiest mematahkan onderdrukken knuse, slå ned (på) zdławić sufocar a reprima подавлять potlačiť udušiti ugušiti kuva ปราบปราม bastırmak 鎮壓，平息 придушувати کچلنا đàn áp 镇压；，平息

2 to put an end to, or take away (a person's fears etc). bedwing يُزيل المَخاوِف потискам uklidnit dæmpe; stille bezwingen δίνω τέλος σε κτ., απαλείφω (π.χ. τους φόβους κπ.) calmar; desechar rahustama, leevendama فرو نشاندن tukahduttaa calmer לְהָפִיג शांत करना, शमन करना zatomiti lecsillapít meredakan sigrast á calmare 静める 누그러지게 하다 užgniaužti, įveikti pārvarēt (bailes) menghilangkan een eind maken aan stille, dempe rozproszyć (obawy), uspokoić saciar a linişti подавлять upokojiť, utíšiť premagati obuzdati dämpa, stilla ระงับ yatıştırmak, gidermek 消除 заспокоювати دور کرنا kìm nén 消除