quell


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quell/kwel/
verb
  • 1 put an end to, typically by force.
  • 2 subdue or suppress.
– derivatives
queller noun.
– origin OE cwellan ‘kill’, of Gmc origin.
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