quelling

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quell (kw

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; see g^wel- in Indo-European roots.]

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Noun

quelling - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

crushing, stifling, suppression

prevention, bar - the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

crackdown - severely repressive actions

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