v. 25B6; verb
troops quelled the unrest : PUT AN END TO, put a stop to, end, crush, put down, check, crack down on, curb, nip in the bud, squash, quash, subdue, suppress, overcome; informal squelch.
he quelled his misgivings : CALM, soothe, pacify, settle, quieten, quiet, silence, allay, assuage, mitigate, moderate; poetic/literary stay.