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Definition of quelling

forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

Similar Words: suppression, crushing, stifling

Hyponyms: crackdown

Derivational Morphology: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress, squelch, quell, quench, oppress, suppress, crush, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

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