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quelled

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. quelled, quenched, squelchedadjective

    subdued or overcome

    "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Quelled

    of Quell

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of quelled in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of quelled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of quelled in a Sentence

  1. Jeremy Slevin:

    We brought all of( the state political establishment) together, the senators, the governors, the mayors, lieutenant governor, to a listening session with the actual activist and protesters, and they just listened, and didn't talk. I think it helped on both sides. It quelled some of the tensions between the political class, even Justice Democrats, and the protesters. And I think that's something that only Ilhan could have done.

  2. Mike Pence:

    Lives were lost and many were injured, but thanks to the courageous action of the Capitol Police and federal law enforcement, violence was quelled, the Capitol was secured and we reconvened the Congress that very same day to finish our work under the Constitution of the United States and the laws of this country.

  3. Seán O'Casey:

    Disease an never be conquered, can never be quelled by emotion's willful screaming or faith's symbolic prayer. It can only be conquered by the energy of humanity and the cunning in the mind of man. In the patience of a Curie, in the enlightenment of a Faraday, a Rutherford, a Pasteur, a Nightingale, and all other apostles of light and cleanliness, rather than of a woebegone godliness, we shall find final deliverance from plague, pestilence, and famine.

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    marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
    • A. squashy
    • B. handsome
    • C. sought
    • D. abrupt

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