Quell

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot.
  • v. To pacify; quiet: finally quelled the children's fears.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A spring or fountain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To die.
  • verb-intransitive. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
  • v. To take the life of; to kill.
  • v. To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
  • v. To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease
  • n. Murder.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cause to die; put to death; kill; slay.
  • To cause to cease; subdue; crush: as, to quell an insurrection.
  • To reduce to peace or inaction; quiet; allay.
  • To dash out; destroy.
  • Synonyms To overpower, put down, lay, smother.
  • To calm, compose.
  • To die; perish.
  • To abate.
  • n. Murder.
  • n. Power or means of quelling or subduing.
  • To well or flow out.
  • n. A spring; a fountain; a source from which water wells out.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. overcome or allay
  • v. suppress or crush completely
  • Verb Form
    quelled    quelles    quelling    quells   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    satisfy    fill    fulfill    meet    fulfil    conquer    subdue    curb    inhibit    stamp down   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    die    yield    abate    pacify    calm    repress    crush    overpower    subdue    quiet   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adel    Adele    Bel    Bell    Belle    Burrell    Cabell    Carmel    Cavell    Chanel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts