0 past simple and past participle of quell
1 to stop something, especially by using force:
The police acted energetically, and the disturbance was soon quelled.
That quickly and effectively quelled the prospect of the development of commercial surrogacy agencies in this country.
A disturbance of that kind has to be quelled.
At that age, we never stopped to inquire what list, but the threat of being put on a list quelled the noise.
He has before him a boy whose "high spirits and instinct for adventure" have to be quelled.
However, he has already discovered that what he has done has not quelled that criticism.
I had hoped that it had been quelled to some extent by the ample consultations that have occurred.
They quelled the mutiny which took place, and did garrison duties, in addition to their commercial vocation, thus allowing the regular troops to be removed.
