Definitions of quell [ɛl]

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Definition of 'quell'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) quell
to suppress; subdue; crush:
to quell an uprising.

2. quell
to quiet; allay:
to quell a child's fear of thunder.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE cwellan to kill; akin to G quälen to vex, ON kvelja to torment; cf. kill¹)

Definition of 'quell'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) squelch, quell, quench
suppress or crush completely
"squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"

2. (verb) quell, stay, appease
overcome or allay
"quell my hunger"

Definition of 'quell'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) quell
murder

2. (verb) quell
to die

3. (verb) quell
to be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate

4. (verb) quell
to take the life of; to kill

5. (verb) quell
to overpower; to subdue; to put down

6. (verb) quell
to quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul

Translation of 'quell'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to put an end to (a rebellion etc) by force.
Afrikaans: onderdruk, demp	Arabic: يُخْمِد ثَوْرَةً	Bulgarian: потушавам
Brazilian: sufocar	Czech: potlačit	German: unterdrücken
Danish: slå ned	Greek: καταστέλλω με βία	Spanish: reprimir, sofocar
Estonian: maha suruma	Farsi: سرکوب کردن	Finnish: kukistaa
French: réprimer	Hebrew: לַשִׂים קֵץ ל-	Hindi: दबाना
Croatian: ugušiti	Hungarian: elfojt (lázadást)	Indonesian: membasmi
Icelandic: bæla niður, kæfa	Italian: reprimere, soffocare	Japanese: 鎮静する
Korean: 진압하다	Lithuanian: numalšinti	Latvian: apspiest
Malay: mematahkan	Dutch: onderdrukken	Norwegian: knuse, slå ned (på)
Polish: zdławić	Persian: سرکوب کردن	Pashto: لاندې كول: ماتول: ايلول (
Portuguese: sufocar	Romanian: a reprima	Russian: подавлять
Slovak: potlačiť	Slovenian: udušiti	Serbian: ugušiti
Swedish: kuva	Thai: ปราบปราม	Turkish: bastırmak
Taiwanese: 鎮壓，平息	Ukrainian: придушувати	Urdu: کچلنا
Vietnamese: đàn áp	Chinese: 镇压，平息
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