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Definition of quelling : of Quell

Synonyms:

inhibition, curtailment, suppression, stifling

calming, appeasing, lulling, consoling, placating, pacifying, stilling, quieting, assuaging, composing, sedating, tranquilizing, allaying, cooling, soothing

hushing, softening, conciliating, moderating, mollifying, easing, stabilizing, ebbing, smoothing, reconciling, relieving, defusing

defeating, winning, beating, conquering, trumping, overcoming, overturning, humbling, surmounting, outdoing, triumphing, crushing, overpowering, foiling, capturing, predominating, overthrowing, subduing, subjecting, trouncing, routing, mastering, vanquishing, checkmating, outplaying, whipping

Usage examples:

• They are brought in under the pretence of quelling a riot; under the pretence of their being necessary to preserve the peace, and where is the place where this pretence may not be hatched? - "Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. Volume 3", Henry Hunt.
• Like all the rest, I, too, grew ill; My aching heart there was no quelling. - "Masterpieces Of American Wit And Humor", Thomas L. Masson (Editor).
• It seems that after quelling the revolt at King's Cross wholesale arrests were made in Islington. - "The Invasion", William Le Queux.