Quell

Quick meaning: Quell is a verb meaning (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.

Meaning

(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
2. A subduing.
3. A source, especially a spring.
4. An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To kill.
6. (obsolete, intransitive) To be subdued or abated; to diminish.

Example Sentences

to quell grief

to quell the tumult of the soul

Winter's wrath begins to quell.

Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt.

Word Forms

• quells
• quelling
• quelled
• quellest
• quelledst
• quelleth

Synonyms for quell

Depending on context, synonyms include crush, appease, squelch, stay.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include squelch, stay, appease, suppress, eliminate, repress.

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