Dictionary Entry
quell
quell is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To die. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To die.
- 2intransitive verb
To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
- 3transitive verb
To take the life of; to kill.
- 4transitive verb
To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
- 5transitive verb
To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.
- 6noun
Murder.
- 7verb
suppress or crush completely
"squelch any sign of dissent"
"quench a rebellion"
- 8verb
overcome or allay
"quell my hunger"
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