quelling in English

verb

1

put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force.

extra police were called to quell the disturbance

synonyms: put an end to, put a stop to, end, crush, put down, check, crack down on, curb, nip in the bud, squash, quash, subdue, suppress, overcome, squelch

noun

crushing, suppression, stifling

verb

put an end to, calm, stay, squelch
put an end to, put a stop to, end, crush, put down, check, crack down on, curb, nip in the bud, squash, quash, subdue, suppress, overcome, squelch
calm, soothe, pacify, settle, quiet, silence, allay, assuage, mitigate, moderate, stay
stay, appease
squelch, quench

Use "quelling" in a sentence

1. 4 synonyms for Crushing: quelling, stifling, suppression, devastating

2. 24 synonyms for Alleviation: easing, relief, reduction, dulling, lessening, lightening, quelling

3. Burundians are now faced with the task of quelling ethnic dissent, promoting unity, and rebuilding the country

4. 17 Religious consolation and psychotherapy have each developed its methods of quelling the dysphoria of the various forms of isolation.

5. Duke is later charged with quelling rebellion on the Confederate world of Antiga Prime, but is defeated by Mengsk's forces.

6. General Motors' Autoworker Gerald Lang is in "disbelief," quelling his nerves, containing his excitement and facing the weight of a sudden new celebrity status since last Monday.

7. Following the Iraqi defeat in the war, he was given the task of quelling the uprisings in the Shi'ite south of Iraq as well as the Kurdish north.

8. Crushing: 1 adj physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination “a Crushing blow” “a Crushing rejection” “bone- Crushing ” Synonyms: devastating destructive causing destruction or much damage n forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority Synonyms: quelling , stifling , suppression Types: crackdown severely

9. After his success in Egypt, Artaxerxes returned to Persia and spent the next few years effectively quelling insurrections in various parts of the Empire so that a few years after his conquest of Egypt, the Persian Empire was firmly under his control.