Antonyms for quell
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1. quell

   Antonyms:
   foster, excite, fan, aggravate, stir, irritate, disturb, raise, inflame

   Synonyms:
   extinguish, destroy, crush, reduce, allay, stifle, quiet, pacify, quench, repress, suppress, calm, put out, subdue, quench, overpower

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1. squelch, quell, quenchverb

   suppress or crush completely

   "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"

   Synonyms:
   blow out, squelch, stay, quench, allay, crush, assuage, appease, splosh, squeeze, snuff out, slake, extinguish, mash, squish, squash, slop, splash, slosh

2. quell, stay, appeaseverb

   overcome or allay

   "quell my hunger"

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, last out, delay, bide, stick, squelch, lenify, stay, placate, gentle, abide, ride out, gruntle, persist, mollify, rest, appease, pacify, assuage, stick around, propitiate, stay on, stay put, quench, remain, outride, continue, detain

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1. quellverb

   Synonyms:
   subdue, suppress, crush, quash

How to use quell in a sentence?

1. Liu Xiaoming:

   We have enough solutions and enough power within the limits of (the) Basic Law to quell any unrest swiftly, the central government of China will never allow a few violent offenders to drag Hong Kong down a dangerous road, down a dangerous abyss.

2. Jerome Powell:

   We no longer state that we anticipate that ongoing rate increases will be appropriate to quell inflation, instead, we now anticipate some additional policy firming may be appropriate.

3. Eric Schmitt:

   Time and again, the Biden administration has refused to take concrete action to quell the worsening border crisis, inviting the cartels and human drug smugglers to take advantage of our porous border, without a border wall, illegal immigrants, coyotes, and bad actors can simply march across our southern border and into the interior. The border wall needs to be built, the funds have been appropriated to continue to build the wall, and yet the Biden Administration outright refuses to do so.

4. Martinez Rosas:

   What is happening in Texas is a deliberate attack by far-right politicians who will do anything to quell Black, brown, immigrant, and LGBTQ communities both in Texas and other Republican-controlled states across the country.

5. Brad Karkkainen:

   You can't assume that every project that gets an EA is ultimately approved, but the vast majority are. And beyond that, most of the 250 or so( per year) that get full-scale EISs also go through, albeit sometimes with modifications to mitigate environmental harms and/or to quell political opposition.

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