What is another word for quelling?

Pronunciation: [kwˈɛlɪŋ] (IPA)

Quelling is a term used to describe the act of calming or suppressing something, such as a feeling or a rebellion. Synonyms for quelling are "suppressing," "crushing," "pacifying," "subduing," "taming," "restraining," "neutralizing," "quashing," "abating," "mitigating," "appeasing," "moderating," "toning down," "containing," "tempering," "controlling," "squelching," and "overpowering." Each of these words has a slightly different connotation, but all of them imply the same meaning as quelling. Depending on the situation or context, some of these synonyms may be more appropriate than others.

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Usage examples for Quelling

It was a terrible indictment of all coercive, child-quelling, will-breaking training that Arthur made when he said to his stern mother: "I can not say that I have been able to conform myself, in heart and spirit, to your rules; I can not say that I believe my forty years have been profitable or pleasant to myself, or any one; but I have habitually submitted, and I only ask you to remember it."
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
The Puritan Sabbath was a part of Mrs. Pipchin's quelling system too.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
But who can quell and keep on quelling the passions of fifty savages who have tasted blood?
"In the Musgrave Ranges"
Jim Bushman

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