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Learn “Quell

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Quell

verb/KWELL/

To quell is to put a stop to something or calm it down.

A warm drink helped quell her nerves before the big speech.

Quell sounds like 'quiet well' — to make something quiet and well again.

Use quell for calming or stopping noise, fear or unrest.