Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of quell
plural quellings
- countableuncountableThe act by which something is quelled.
There is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.
1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Retribution”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 594 - countableuncountablebiologyRNA interference.
comparative more quelling · superlative most quelling
- causing something to quell or be quelled
Synonyms & antonyms
nounforceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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quelling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quelling
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