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Sentence count:69+3Posted:2017-02-12Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: appeasecalmcoolcrushextinguishhushlullmollifypacifyquietreducesmotherstiflesubduesuppressSimilar words: fuelcruelsequeluniquelygruelingobliquelybrusquelycruel and unusual punishmentMeaning: [kwel]  v. 1. suppress or crush completely 2. overcome or allay. 
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31 When they stop, they stand in pairs, arms crossed, leaning against one another to quell the dizziness.
32 It was said that armed mounted troopers were grouped outside the oval to quell a possible riot.
33 He sent a division of troops out to quell the disorders, and they killed or deported some six thousand peasants.
34 A shouting match erupted between Feeley and Lleland which the President had to quell.
35 According to Western press reports five people were killed and 200 injured as riot police tried to quell disturbances in Dhaka.
36 Equally obviously, Rough Trade were determined to quell these rumours.
37 The figures did not quell Cabinet disagreements on the issue.
38 He also agreed to revise training operations to quell noise that Okinawans have complained about for years.
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39 On May 27 the Army moved into Hyderabad with orders to shoot to kill in order to quell unrest.
40 As the measures of repression by the government grew, it became necessary to use the army to quell strikes and disturbances.
41 Apart from these tender moments, however, I struggled to quell a pervasive sense of emptiness inside.
42 They hope to quell public anxiety about offshore oil drilling.
43 For the carnivore, however, the football menu is more than adequate to quell your hunger.
44 President Banzer, to quell the spreading demonstrations, announced cancellation of the water privatisation on April 5.
45 So his good buddy President Bill found a few billion to quell the restless natives.
46 She kept repeating to herself that it was an irrational fear, but logic did nothing to quell the lurking terror.
47 The great armies of the world have tried to quell these people.
48 Aspirin will quell your headache.
49 His actio have done little to quell the eculation.
50 Enjoying simple but inexpensive pleasures like nature walks and museums can quell the urge to splurge.
51 After a small group of youths set fire to their mattresses and attempted to escape, the center called in military police shock troops(sentencedict.com), who fired tear gas and rubber bullets to quell the disturbance.
52 Jimsonweed was originally called Jamestown weed because the soldiers sent to quell "Bacon's Rebellion" in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1666 ate the berries when food ran out and mass poisoning resulted.
53 U.S. commanders have conceded that renewed attempts to quell sectarian bloodletting in Baghdad are proving unsuccessful.
54 Now the prayer is that "we Gods may quell our Asura foemen."
55 Chinese government officials often deploy the People's Armed Police, a paramilitary force, to quell riots.
56 At 2 A. M. the neighbors called the police to quell the bacchanalian revelry in the upstairs apartment.
57 Israeli leaders said the operation, known as Cast Lead, was meant to quell militant rocket and mortar fire on southern Israel.
58 When the Chinese government sought to quell the emerging housing bubble in 2007 by tightening up lending criteria, it sent the market into reverse.
59 He is unlikely to send in the army to quell nationalist aspirations.
60 The police had been called in to quell a minor disturbance.
More similar words: fuelcruelsequeluniquelygruelingobliquelybrusquelycruel and unusual punishmentfelltellsellbellcellyellshellwellswelldwellspellhellosmellcellaryellowtell onmellowas wellsell offsellersell outsmell out
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