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Quell /kwɛl/

📖 Verb 🔥 advanced

Definitions

📝 Put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force.

🇮🇳 दबाना / शांत करना

💡 Simple: To stop something, like a fight or a fear.

Extra police were called in to quell the riot.

📝 Subdue or silence someone.

🇮🇳 वश में करना

💡 Simple: To make someone quiet.

He used his calm voice to quell her fears.

🔄 Word Forms

quelled (past) quelling (participle)

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🔗 Collocations

quell a riot quell fears quell rumors

🔀 Related Words

📍 Usage Context

News reports and formal writing.

📚 Grammar Notes

Often used with abstract nouns like 'fears', 'doubts', or 'rumors'.

From Old English 'cwellan', meaning 'to kill'.

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