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单词 quelling
释义
quelling
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n

WORD FAMILY
quelling: quellings+/quell: quelled, quelling, quells
USAGE EXAMPLES
Responsibility for quelling the sectarian violence and instability that consumed Iraq after the 2003 invasion also fell predominantly to the U.S.
Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016)
Emergency personnel sprayed the third floor from a ladder and outside lines, quelling the blaze enough for fire crews to re-enter.
Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016)
Park’s attempts at quelling the public fury over this “shadow president” have amounted to nothing, as shown by the increasingly large protests against her.
Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016)
n forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
the quelling of the rebellion
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
crushing, stifling, suppression
crackdown
severely repressive actions
bar, prevention
the act of preventing
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