quell
熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来
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- : to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
- : to vanquish; subdue.
- : to quiet or allay: The child's mother quelled his fears of the thunder.
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Examples
The Terps’ tournament aspirations haven’t evaporated, but Maryland’s performance did little to quell the concerns brought on by its loss to Penn State on Friday.
These platforms have occasionally shown that they are capable of quelling disinformation and removing or flagging misleading content, but they are not consistent in enforcing their own policies and protecting LGBTQ people.
Chancellor Angela Merkel called an emergency meeting to speed up Germany’s Covid-19 vaccine program in an effort to quell tensions within her government over claims the rollout has been too slow.
Testing has been expanded in the region, as well as other efforts to help quell the spread of the virus, but South Bay residents continue to be impacted more by the virus than other parts of San Diego County.
Tijuana’s business community had also been increasingly involved in trying to quell the violence, but has been hit hard financially by the closures caused by the pandemic.
This is where Schwarz comes in: to quell concerns, advise about procedures, and follow up with loved ones.
My question is simply this: where are the Reverends Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in seeking to quell potential violence?
Question: Does anyone believe this coalition will use a 48-hour window to quell violence?
Afterwards, a slew of major NBA reporters did their best to quell the giddy, growing mob.
People who knew Jack in real life did little to quell the rumors.