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Verb: quell  kwel
  1. Suppress or crush completely
    - squelch, quench
     
  2. Overcome or allay
    "quell my hunger"
    - stay, appease

Derived forms: quelled, quells, quelling

See also: quelling

Type of: conquer, curb, fill, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], inhibit, meet, satisfy, stamp down, subdue, suppress