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Noun quelling has 1 sense
- suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
--1 is a kind of prevention, bar
--1 has particulars: crackdown
Verb quell has 2 senses
- squelch, quell, quench - suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
--1 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- quell, stay, appease - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
--2 is one way to meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s somebody
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