quelling
verb
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To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.
To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
Example: to quell grief
To kill.
To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
noun
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The act by which something is quelled.
adjective
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Causing something to quell or be quelled