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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.

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

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quelled - subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"squelched, quenchedsuppressed - kept from public knowledge by various means;

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adj subdued or overcome

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