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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : kwel |
Phonetic Transcription : kwɛl |
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Définition of quelled
Origin :- Old English cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," from Proto-Germanic *kwaljanan (cf. Old English cwelan "to die," cwalu "violent death;" Old Saxon quellian "to torture, kill;" Old Norse kvelja "to torment;" Middle Dutch quelen "to vex, tease, torment;" Old High German quellan "to suffer pain," German quälen "to torment, torture"), from PIE *gwele- "to throw, reach," with extended sense of "to pierce" (cf. Armenian kelem "I torture;" Old Church Slavonic zali "pain;" Lithuanian galas "end," gela "agony," gelati "to sting"). Milder sense of "suppress, extinguish" developed by c.1300. Related: Quelled; quelling.
- verb defeat, suppress
- verb alleviate, calm
- Lunatics, she knew, could be quelled by the calm gaze of the sane human eye.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- It was at once quelled, however, by the prompt action of President Jackson.
- Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
- But Aunt Annie quelled the impulsive creature with a glance full of meaning.
- Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
- The advance guard had suffered, but their fire had quelled that of the enemy.
- Extract from : « Through Three Campaigns » by G. A. Henty
- A rising in the south of Russia was quelled by a single regiment.
- Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson
- Meanwhile, the outbreak had been quelled, or very nearly so.
- Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert
- But though for the moment he quelled her eye, nothing could quell her voice.
- Extract from : « The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson » by Anthony Trollope
- The Syrian revolt was quelled, and Urfa surrendered to the sultan.
- Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol XI » by George Brodrick
- She was quiet now, as though the light had quelled her resistance.
- Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
- With the heroic assistance of my wife, I quelled the revolt.
- Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 » by Various
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