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- DictionaryQuell/kwel/
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- 1. put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force: "extra police were called to quell the disturbance"
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to stop something that you do not want to happen: to quell a riot. to quell rumours. (Definition of quell from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Quell definition, to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly. See more.
quell. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Police, Military quell /kwel/ verb [ transitive] formal 1 to end a situation in which people are behaving violently or protesting, especially by using force SYN put down quell the violence/disturbance/riot etc Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances. 2 literary ...
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From Middle English quellen, from Old English cwellan (“to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to make die; kill”). Cognate with German quälen (“to torment; agonise; smite”), Swedish kvälja (“to torment”), Icelandic kvelja (“to torture; torment”). Compare also Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”), Old Church...
From Middle English *quelle (suggested by the verb quellen (“to well up; gush forth”)), from Old English cwylla, *cwielle (“spring; source”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā (“spring, well”). Compare German Quelle.
Check pronunciation: quell. Definition of quell verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'quell' 1. To quell opposition or violent behaviour means to stop it. [...] 2. If you quell an unpleasant feeling such as fear or anger, you stop yourself or other people from having that feeling. [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'quell' British English: kwel American English: kwɛl. More. Conjugations of 'quell'
What does the noun quell mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun quell . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
