quelling Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- sitting-on
- silencing
- squelching
- destroying
- extinguishing
- stifling
- squashing
- quashing
- overcoming
- demolishing
Weak:
- conquering
- dominating
- snuffing-out-
- overwhelming
- overpowering
- putting-out
- wasting
- dousing
- ruining
- wiping-out
- slapping-down
- exterminating
- smashing
- clamping-down-on-
- putting-down
- annihilating
- vanquishing
- subjugating
- smothering
- devastating
- obliterating
- strangling
- quenching
- cracking-down-on-
- dowsing
- decimating
- wrecking
- throttling
- nuking
Strongest:
- supporting
- assisting
- abetting
- aiding
- backing
- helping
- aiding
- helping
- assisting
- abetting
- backing
- supporting
Strong:
- encouraging
- instigating
- inciting
- fostering
- stirring
- instigating
- promoting
- promoting
- fomenting
- provoking
- cultivating
- provoking
- whipping-up-
- advancing
- furthering
- furthering
- fomenting
- stirring
- inciting
- whipping-up-
- cultivating
- encouraging
- fostering
- advancing
Weak:
quelling Meaning
quelling (n)
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
quelling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Quell
FAQs About the word quelling
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authorityof Quell
suppressing, crushing, repressing,subduing, sitting on, silencing, squelching, destroying, extinguishing, stifling
supporting, assisting, abetting, aiding, backing, helping, aiding, helping,assisting, abetting
The police presence was essential in quelling the protests before they turned violent.
Her soothing voice had a calming effect, quickly quelling the fears of those around her.
The sound of rain tapping against the windows had a quelling effect on the raging storm within him.
The mayor's address aimed at quelling concerns about the city's budget deficit.