Noun quelling has 1 sense
  1. suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
    --1 is a kind of prevention, bar
    --1 has particulars: crackdown
    Derived form: verb quell1
,Verb quell has 2 senses
  1. squelch, quell, quench - suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
    --1 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
    Derived form: noun quelling1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. quell, stay, appease - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
    --2 is one way to meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something ----s somebody
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