verb [VN]
1 to stop sth such as violent behaviour or protests:
Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances. * (figurative) She started to giggle, but Bob quelled her with a look.
2 to stop or reduce strong or unpleasant feelings:
to quell your fears / doubt / excitement
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for quell is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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