0 to (cause someone to) become calmer or less noisy:
The barking dogs quietened (down) when they recognized me.
Until robots function as social beings (if ever they do), it is appropriate to give the user this power to unilaterally quieten the other participant.
I hope that the murmurs of disapproval are now quietened and that we can proceed with an examination of this important matter.
We have the vague impression that things have quietened down.
He was given a pink slip to quieten him down because he was kicking up such a din in the polling station.
We will run into extraordinary difficulties in quietening the demands of people who have slipped outside in this way.
When public opinion is too restive to be quietened by indifference?
It has been quietened down as being something which it is almost indecent to talk about—the future state of our country.
Could you please either quieten down or go and have a coffee, and come back when we have finished discussing the important issues?
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(使)平靜, (使)安靜…
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(使)平静, (使)安静…
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(hacer) callar, tranquilizar(se), disminuir de volumen…
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silenciar, ficar em silêncio, acalmar(-se)…
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sakinleştirmek, susturmak, yatıştırmak…
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(se) calmer, apaiser…
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ztišit (se), uklidnit…
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være stille, dæmpe…
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