The meaning of QUELL is to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity. How to use quell in a sentence.

Civil society, led by students and labour, fought in the streets to quell the 1959 military coup.

QUELL definition: to suppress; put an end to; extinguish. See examples of quell used in a sentence.

If you quell an unpleasant feeling such as fear or anger, you stop yourself or other people from having that feeling. The Information Minister is trying to quell fears of a looming oil crisis. …

1. to suppress; subdue; crush: to quell an uprising. 2. to quiet; allay: to quell a child's fear of thunder.

Definition of quell verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Dec 2, 2025 · quell (third-person singular simple present quells, present participle quelling, simple past and past participle quelled) The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and …

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 quell (kwel), v.t. to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly. to …

QUELL meaning: 1 : to end or stop (something) usually by using force; 2 : to calm or reduce (something, such as fear or worry)

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Police, Military quell /kwel/ verb [transitive] formal 1 to end a situation in which people are behaving violently or protesting, …