quelling

Meanings

Plural: quellings

Noun

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
  • "the quelling of the rebellion"
• The act by which something is quelled.
• RNA interference.

Verb

• suppress or crush completely
• overcome or allay
• present participle and gerund of quell

Adj

• causing something to quell or be quelled

Synonyms

appease, crushing, quell, quench, squelch, stay, stifling, suppression

Anagrams of quelling