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Meanings of
quelling
in English
Portuguese
supressão
Catalan
supressió
Spanish
represión
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Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.
crushing
suppression
stifling
Portuguese
supressão
Usage of
quelling
in English
1
The Argentinian Football Association has been blamed for not
quelling
the violence.
2
Benomar brokered a 2011 transition aimed at
quelling
political turmoil in Yemen.
3
Slowly she concentrated on slowing her breathing and
quelling
her racing heart.
4
I waited out the surf of objections, profoundly disinterested in
quelling
them.
5
Zorindru shot him the same
quelling
glance that had so intimidated Milsindra.
6
My son, Ares, has returned to assist me in
quelling
the rebellion.
7
In 2013, Odinga took his concerns to court,
quelling
potential clashes.
8
Vespasian himself had been
quelling
a Jewish rebellion when he scrambled into power.
9
My son has been working with us. Matthew gave me a
quelling
look.
10
A long and
quelling
silence followed the lighting of my cigarette.
11
The Scotsman gave his companion another
quelling
look and then doffed his hat.
12
The awful news spread from lip to lip, hushing shouts and
quelling
laughter.
13
But Ujarak rose, and
quelling
the laugh with a look of dignity, continued:-
14
Alex realizes this, and sends a
quelling
glance in Dick's direction.
15
Words were ready to go with the
quelling
glance, but they died unspoken.
16
Henke gave her a
quelling
glance, then looked back at Morncreek.
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quelling
quell
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
quell political
quell public
quell the disturbance
quell dissent
quell fears
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Translations for
quelling
Portuguese
supressão
repressão
Catalan
supressió
repressió
Spanish
represión
supresión
Quelling
through the time
Quelling
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common