Word Study
quelling
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quelling has 1 sense
- quelling(n = noun.act) crushing, stifling, suppression - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" is a kind of bar, prevention
has particulars: crackdown
Derived form verb quell1
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