quell
IPA: kwˈɛɫ
noun
- A subduing.
- A source, especially a spring.
- An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.
verb
- (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
- (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
- (obsolete, transitive) To kill.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
- To die.
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Examples of "quell" in Sentences
- He was powerless to quell the riot.
- It was used to quell the communists.
- The police opened fire to quell the mob.
- The Dutch sent troops to quell the riots.
- The Act itself did not quell the agitation.
- The gypsies help the King quell a revolution.
- The East German police failed to quell the unrest.
- The Pakistani military tried to quell the uprising.
- French troops stationed in the country quelled the mutiny.
- He requests the emperor to send an army to quell the outlaws.