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单词 quell
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quellverb [ T ]

uk/kwel/us/kwel/

to stop something, especially by using force:

Police in riot gear were called in to quell the disturbances/unrest.
This latest setback will have done nothing to quell the growing doubts about the future of the club.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Causing something to end

  • abandon
  • all good things (must) come to an end idiom
  • and have done with it idiom
  • be over the hump idiom
  • bitter
  • draw
  • knock off (sth)
  • lay
  • lay sth to rest idiom
  • lay the ghost of sth (to rest) idiom
  • leave it at that idiom
  • leave off (sth/doing sth)
  • lift
  • raise
  • stone-dead
  • the curtain falls on sth idiom
  • to the bitter end idiom
  • top sth off
  • walk
  • walk away

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quellverb [ T ]

us/kwel/

to completely stop or end something:

The police were called in to quell the riot.

If you quell doubts, fears, etc., you calm them:

He’s been unable to quell his wife’s suspicions.
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