'Quelling' definitions:

Definition of 'quelling'

(from WordNet)
noun
Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn: suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling]

Definition of 'Quelling'

From: GCIDE
  • Quell \Quell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Quelling.] [See Quail to cower.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To die. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Winter's wrath begins to quell. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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