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quiesce

(kwaɪˈɛs)

vb (intr)

1. to become quiet or subdued

2. (Grammar) (of a letter) to be made silent

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Verb

quiesce - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

pipe down, quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush

silence, still, hush, hush up, quieten, shut up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"

change intensity - increase or decrease in intensity

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QUIESCE A To trifle B Become silent C Undisturbed who am I?

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186) More radical historians even argue that the NIRA was an attempt to strengthen the capitalist class as a whole and quiesce radical sentiments in the labor movement and the general population.