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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quelled
adj
  1. subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"
    Synonym(s): quelled, quenched, squelched
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quell \Quell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Quelling}.] [See {Quail} to cower.]
      1. To die. [Obs.]
  
                     Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.]
  
                     Winter's wrath begins to quell.         --Spenser.
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