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1. Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
   "the quelling of the rebellion";
   - suppression, crushing, stifling

1. Suppress or crush completely
   "quell any sign of dissent";
   - squelch [informal], quench
    
2. Overcome or allay
   "quell my hunger";
   - stay, appease

Derived forms: quellings

Type of: bar, conform to, conquer, fill, fit, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], meet, prevention, satisfy, stamp down, subdue, suppress

Encyclopedia: Quelling