Defenition of the word quelling

• Defenition of the word quelling

  • forceful prevention: "suppression of liberal newspapers"; "quelling of the revolution"
  • forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
  • forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

Synonyms for the word quelling

• • crushing
  • stifling
  • suppression

Hyponyms for the word quelling

• • crackdown

Hypernyms for the word quelling

• • bar
  • prevention

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