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quelling

verb

Meaning

  1. To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.
  2. To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
  3. To kill.
  4. To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
  5. To die.
  6. The act by which something is quelled.
  7. Causing something to quell or be quelled

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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