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Meaning of quelling

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

quelling

verb

Definitions

  1. To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.

  2. To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.

    Example: to quell grief

  3. To kill.

  4. To be subdued or abated; to diminish.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act by which something is quelled.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Causing something to quell or be quelled