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Definition of Quelled
1. Adjective. Subdued or overcome. "A squelched rumor"
Definition of Quelled
1. Verb. (past of quell) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quelled
1. quell [v] - See also: quell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quelled
Literary usage of Quelled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of by Archibald Alison (1859)
"... new and more violent democratic movement was finally s^o'iTy ana quelled.
The revolutionists were resolved to fight for it; "SiY'st and fight they did, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"... then one of the under secretaries of state, те seen walking round the ruins
with a gratified «»k, and a smile on his lips. was in a great degree quelled ..."
3. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1887)
"... DEFEATED AND OVERTHROWN— GRANADOS AS PRESIDENTE PROVISORIO—SEDITIOUS MOVEMENTS
quelled —ABOLITION OF PRIESTLY ..."
4. Modern Egypt by Evelyn Baring Cromer (1908)
"... Pasha—The Khedive intrigues against the Ministry— Mutiny of the officers—It
is quelled by the Khedive—Nubar Pasha resigns—Immediate consequences—Remote ..."
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