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quell
verb as in defeat, suppress
Example Sentences
Rajoelina sacked his energy minister and then his government - but this did little to quell the calls for him to step down.
But that has failed to quell the furore.
A plunging currency could reignite the runaway inflation that Milei has managed to quell.
As we witnessed with former Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign, celebrity politics will not slow down Trumpism, nor will it quell the rising authoritarian tide.
Democratic-ruled California filed suit after the Republican president sent troops to Los Angeles earlier this year to quell demonstrations sparked by a federal crackdown on undocumented migrants.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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