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    quell

    quell - Dictionary definition and meaning for word quell

    Definition
    (verb) suppress or crush completely
    Synonyms : quench , squelch
    Example Sentence
    • squelch any sign of dissent
    • quench a rebellion
    Definition
    (verb) overcome or allay
    Synonyms : appease , stay
    Example Sentence
    • quell my hunger
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for quell

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quell sounds simlar to yell and we yell to supress someone or make him/her queite

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quell rhymes hell where ur supressed Quell= cool down the hell(fire)

quell comes from "cwellan" which means to kill. quell also rhymes with kill, to an extent.

QUEUE+WELL.i was forcing people to jump into a well to suppress the population

quell rhymes with HELL were your pleasures will be SUPPRESSED

quell taken from qualen means to vex, this word also rhyme like kill.means when u crash something you are killing something...whatever it may be...so quell means.....to supress or crash completely

quell sounds with quail, which we have learned before, quail means fear, so quail makes you quelled.

quell sounds with quail, which we have learned before, quail means fear, so quail makes you quelled.

fell on one another like a well and suppress and crush below one

Quell means Do well.

QUELL=WELL:water extinguisher and used to put down fire

He quelled his life by a duel.

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