quell
kwel
- v suppress or crush completely
- v overcome or allay
quell my hunger
- Meanwhile in another wargame panel, NATO forces assembled to quell fighting along the Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan border.
- PTI: Your government used what many consider excessive force to quell protests about the elections.
- They quickly formed a multi-state armed rebellion and President George Washington called in 13,000 troops to quell the opposition.