Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - quell
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Quell
quell
~ v formal 1 to bring an end to a violent situation especially when people are protesting (quell a riot/revolt/disturbance etc) (They needed more troops to quell the ever-rising tide of rioting.) 2 to reduce unpleasant feelings, especially of doubt or worry (I thought about the advantages of the deal, trying to quell a growing sense of unease.)
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(quells, quelling, quelled) 1. To quell opposition or violent behaviour means to stop it. Troops eventually quelled the unrest. VERB: V n 2. If you quell an unpleasant feeling such as fear or anger, you stop yourself or other people from having that feeling. The Information Minister is trying to quell fears of a looming oil crisis. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to kill, ~, from Old English cwellan to kill; akin to Old High German ~en to torture, kill, quala torment, Lithuanian gelti to hurt Date: 13th century 1. to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity ~ a riot 2. quiet, pacify ~ fears • ~er noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from ~en to kill Date: 15th century 1. obsolete slaughter 2. archaic the power of ~ing ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 a crush or put down (a rebellion etc.). b reduce (rebels etc.) to submission. 2 suppress (fear, anger, etc.). Derivatives queller n. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE cwellan kill f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. подавлять, уничтожать, сокрушать to quell opposition —- уничтожить оппозицию to quell an attempt —- сорвать попытку 2. успокаивать, ослаблять, смягчать to quell one's fears —- подавить в себе страх to quell pain —- успокоить боль to quell one's passions —- умерить страсти ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) poet.; rhet. подавлять, (мятеж, оппозицию) 2) успокаивать, подавлять (страх и т.п.) Syn: calm, placate, subdue, suppress, tranquillize ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," from P.Gmc. *kwaljanan, from root *kwel-/*kwal-, source of O.E. cwelan "to die," cwalu "violent death" (see quail). Milder sense developed 14c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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