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quietus

[kwahy-ee-tuhs] / kwaɪˈi təs /




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Kg5, and now, with both Black rooks hanging, a simple king move delivers the quietus.

From Washington Times Nov. 14, 2023

Instead, it was a much quicker quietus after 19.

From Washington Times Nov. 5, 2019

What’s most disheartening is how unspectacular a quietus it turns out to be.

From The New Yorker Mar. 29, 2016

Then it must mean simply a quietus to the Messrs. Hilles and Morris of New York.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Ellen Seymour had predicted, basket ball did not receive its quietus.

From Marjorie Dean, High School Junior by Pauline Lester




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