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Quelled
To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.
📖 Definitions of "Quelled"
verb
- 1
To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.
- 2
To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
"to quell grief"
- 3
To kill.
- 4
To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
🔄 Synonyms of "Quelled"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| suppressed | manifesting or subjected to suppression |
| squelched | Having been squelched. |
| quenched | allayed |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Quelled"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| quenched | allayed |
| squelchedverb | Having been squelched. |
| suppressed | manifesting or subjected to suppression |
| criminalizedverb | (transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban. |
| curbedverb | restrained |
| penalized | Alternative spelling of penalised [Subject to a penalty as a punishment] |
| punishedverb | That has been the object of punishment. |
| quashedverb | To defeat decisively, to suppress. |
| repressedverb | Pressed again. |
| stifledverb | That has been interrupted, suppressed etc |
| subsidedverb | (intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil. |
| dispelledverb | (transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified. |
| allayedverb | (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. |
| quietedverb | (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become quiet. |
| dissipatedverb | Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure. |
| sparkedverb | That has had sparks (of electricity) passed through it |
| assuagedverb | (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.). |
| abatedverb | (poetry) humbled. |
| dampenedverb | (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet. |
| reignitedverb | — |
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