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Quelled

Quell \Quell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quelling.] [See Quail to cower.]

  1. To die. [Obs.]

    Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell.
    --Spenser.

  2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.]

    Winter's wrath begins to quell.
    --Spenser.

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quelled

vb. (en-past of: quell)

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quelled

adj. subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor" [syn: quenched, squelched]

Usage examples of "quelled".

Our soldiers still have not quelled the rioting that broke out after he destroyed Cabal City.

Lunzie quelled her feelings and unsealed the magnetic seam running the length of his sleeve.

Killashandra's presence quelled the scruffy singer's urge to argue Clodine's estimate of his crystals - which were a rather good mid-green, currently in scarce supply - so he got a better price than Killa knew he had anticipated.

Well, he was probably out of it, since they could scarcely think he was one of the mob that they had quelled with their gas sprays.

Leri's forceful tone and her stern face quelled the retort on the bronze rider's lips.

Master Idarolan said in a loud harsh voice that had quelled argument before and made the infuriated Lord Holder think.

Emorra gave him a surprised look, which he quelled with a firm look of his own.

This briefest of rebellions was however quelled by a single look from her.

I lectured her quietly then, quelled her protests and made her listen.

Memnon had administered a heavy narcotic, but even this had not quelled the pain, and Decado had spent three days in a darkened room, crying out in agony.

He felt his heartbeat quicken with the thought of battle, and quelled the rising excitement.

The civil war with the former ambassador's forces has been successfully quelled, and in the process, the empress has opened a portal in the shipping lanes that brings wealth to the empire and ease of travel for the merchants.