verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
allay/quell sb’s misgivings (= stop someone from being worried )
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He tried to allay her misgivings about the flight, with little success.
quell a disturbance formal (= stop one )
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Extra police were called to quell the disturbances.
quell a riot (= use force to stop it )
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The police marched in to quell the riots.
quell unrest (= stop it )
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Troops were brought in to quell the unrest.
quell violence (= stop violent behaviour )
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The National Guard was brought in to quell the violence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
disturbance
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Extra police were called to quell the disturbance when, without provocation, Williamson punched Mr Coulthard.
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Or at least we would have had action to quell disturbances earlier.
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Extra police were called to quell the disturbance .
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As the measures of repression by the government grew, it became necessary to use the army to quell strikes and disturbances .
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According to Western press reports five people were killed and 200 injured as riot police tried to quell disturbances in Dhaka.
riot
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It was said that armed mounted troopers were grouped outside the oval to quell a possible riot .
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To quell a riot , she kept a sympathetic hand on the manager's arm while the young boy repeated her instructions.
■ VERB
try
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The great armies of the world have tried to quell these people.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An anti-government riot was promptly quelled by soldiers using guns and teargas.
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Extra police were called in to quell the disturbance.
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Police fired tear gas to quell the rioting.
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They hope to quell public anxiety about offshore oil drilling.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apart from these tender moments, however, I struggled to quell a pervasive sense of emptiness inside.
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But it did little to quell qualms among the committee members, particularly Republicans.
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Equally obviously, Rough Trade were determined to quell these rumours.
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Her kinship with the respected Goldie apparently quells any nagging doubts.
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Indigestion could be quelled with a simple magnesia tablet, thousands of which she chewed in her lifetime.
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Run, quelling any thought of disobedience.
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The figures did not quell Cabinet disagreements on the issue.