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quelling |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quell \Quell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quelled}; p. pr & vb n. {Quelling}.] [See {Quail} to cower.] 1. To die. [Obs.] Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell. --Spenser. 2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.] Winter's wrath begins to quell. --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quelling n : forceful prevention: "suppression of liberal newspapers"; "quelling of the revolution" [syn: {suppression}, {crushing}, {stifling}]
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