quell

quell

Q0026000 (kwĕl)tr.v. quelled, quell·ing, quells 1. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot.2. To pacify; quiet: finally quelled the children's fears.

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[Middle English quellen, to kill, from Old English cwellan; see g^welə- in Indo-European roots.]

quell

(kwɛl) vb (tr) 1. to suppress or beat down (rebellion, disorder, etc); subdue2. to overcome or allay: to quell pain; to quell grief. [Old English cwellan to kill; related to Old Saxon quellian, Old High German quellen, Old Norse kvelja to torment] ˈqueller n

quell

(kwɛl)

v.t. 1. to suppress; subdue; crush: to quell an uprising. 2. to quiet; allay: to quell a child's fear of thunder. [before 900; Middle English; Old English cwellan to kill; akin to German quälen to vex, Old Norse kvelja to torment; compare kill¹] quell′a•ble, adj. quell′er, n.

quell

Past participle: quelled
Gerund: quelling

Imperative
quell
quell

Present
I quell
you quell
he/she/it quells
we quell
you quell
they quell

Preterite
I quelled
you quelled
he/she/it quelled
we quelled
you quelled
they quelled

Present Continuous
I am quelling
you are quelling
he/she/it is quelling
we are quelling
you are quelling
they are quelling

Present Perfect
I have quelled
you have quelled
he/she/it has quelled
we have quelled
you have quelled
they have quelled

Past Continuous
I was quelling
you were quelling
he/she/it was quelling
we were quelling
you were quelling
they were quelling

Past Perfect
I had quelled
you had quelled
he/she/it had quelled
we had quelled
you had quelled
they had quelled

Future
I will quell
you will quell
he/she/it will quell
we will quell
you will quell
they will quell

Future Perfect
I will have quelled
you will have quelled
he/she/it will have quelled
we will have quelled
you will have quelled
they will have quelled

Future Continuous
I will be quelling
you will be quelling
he/she/it will be quelling
we will be quelling
you will be quelling
they will be quelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been quelling
you have been quelling
he/she/it has been quelling
we have been quelling
you have been quelling
they have been quelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been quelling
you will have been quelling
he/she/it will have been quelling
we will have been quelling
you will have been quelling
they will have been quelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been quelling
you had been quelling
he/she/it had been quelling
we had been quelling
you had been quelling
they had been quelling

Conditional
I would quell
you would quell
he/she/it would quell
we would quell
you would quell
they would quell

Past Conditional
I would have quelled
you would have quelled
he/she/it would have quelled
we would have quelled
you would have quelled
they would have quelled

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	quell - suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"squelch, quenchconquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
	2.	quell - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"appease, stayfulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or need

quell

verb1. suppress, crush, put down, defeat, overcome, conquer, subdue, stifle, overpower, quash, extinguish, stamp out, vanquish, squelch Troops eventually quelled the unrest.2. calm, quiet, silence, moderate, dull, soothe, alleviate, appease, allay, mitigate, assuage, pacify, mollify, deaden He is trying to quell fears of a looming crisis.

quell

verbTo bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:choke off, crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quench, squash, squelch, suppress.Idiom: put the lid on.

Translations

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quell

(kwel) verb1. to put an end to (a rebellion etc) by force. 鎮壓，平息 镇压，平息 2. to put an end to, or take away (a person's fears etc). 消除 消除