What passion cannot music raise and quell?
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Quell
//kwɛl//
Synonyms for "quell" (121 found)
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Related words (60)
overpoweroverrideoverwhelmpacifypour balm intopour water onprostrateput downput outquashquenchquietreducerepressrestride downrockrock to sleepshut downshut down on
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silencesit down onsit onsmashsmoothsmooth downsmooth oversmoothensmothersnuff outsoftensoothesquashstabilizestampstamp outstanchstare downsteadystemstiflestillstranglestultifysubduesubjugatesuffocatesuppressthrottletrample downtrample outtrample underfoottranquilizetread underfoottyrannizeunmanvanquish
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12 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- потискам verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- потушавам verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 壓制 /压制 verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
Czech
3 entries- potlačit verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
- přemoci verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- zkrotit verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
Dutch
3 entries- onderwerpen verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
- overmeesteren verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- uitroeien verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
Finnish
4 entries- kukistaa verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- murskata verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- rauhoittaa verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
- tukahduttaa verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
French
1 entries- réprimer verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
Georgian
2 entries- ჩახშობა verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- ჩახშობა verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
German
3 entries- auslöschen verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
- beenden verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
- unterdrücken verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
Italian
2 entries- reprimere verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- sedare verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
Japanese
2 entries- 押さえる verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- 鎮める verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
Macedonian
1 entries- задуши verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
Māori
4 entries- pēhipēhi verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- pēhipēhi verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
- whakarangimārie verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- whakarangimārie verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
Portuguese
1 entries- sedar verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
Russian
4 entries- подави́ть verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- подавля́ть verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- успока́ивать verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
- успоко́ить verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- ceannsaich verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- ceannsaich verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
- mùch verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- mùch verb (transitive: to suppress, put an end to)
Spanish
2 entries- reprimir verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- subyugar verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
Swedish
1 entries- kuva verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
Ukrainian
2 entries- приду́шувати verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
- придуши́ти verb (transitive: to subdue, put down)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
The authorities sent in troops to quell the riot.
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What passions cannot music raise or quell?
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How do I quell my righteous indignation?
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