What does the word quell mean?
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QUELLER.
Part of speech: noun
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Usage examples for quell
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This riot was occasioned by the severe measures taken by General Traubenberg, in order to quell the insubordination of the army. – The Daughter of the Commandant by Alexksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
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Foreign countries can't quell it down, nor rumatiz, nor nothin'. – Samantha at the World's Fair by Marietta Holley
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If she would but quell him by one look; leap on board, seize the helm, and assume without a word the command of his men and him; steer them back to Bourne, and sit down beside him with a kiss, as if nothing had happened. – Hereward, The Last of the English by Charles Kingsley