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quell

verb

1 troops were called in to quell the unrest:

put an end to, stamp out, put a stop to, end, finish, get rid of, crush, put down, check, crack down on, curb, nip in the bud, thwart, frustrate, squash, quash, subdue, suppress, repress, quench, extinguish, stifle, abolish, terminate, beat, overcome, defeat, rout, destroy, demolish, annihilate, wipe out, extirpate;

informal squelch, put the kibosh on, clobber.

▷antonyms bring about, prompt.

2 he managed to quell his initial misgivings:

calm, soothe, pacify, settle, put at rest, lull, silence, put behind one, rise above, allay, appease, stay, assuage, abate, deaden, dull, tranquillize, mitigate, moderate, palliate;

British quieten;

North American quiet.

▷antonyms succumb to.