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# quell

«quell» in Mova's school dictionary: **to put down a rising or rebellion by force** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (quells, quelled, quelling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To quell is to put down a rising or rebellion by force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quell/#m1)

2) To quell is to calm a strong feeling, such as fear or noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quell/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales heroes quell rebels, monsters and bullies; in everyday talk to quell means to calm

### examples

- The king sent soldiers to quell the rebellion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quell/#x1)
- Mum tried to quell my fears before the dentist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quell/#x2)
- The teacher quelled the noise in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quell/#x3)
- Theseus took action to quell the trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quell/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quell» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quell/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.