quelling

quelling
index palliative (abating)

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  • crushing — I noun forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority the suppression of heresy the quelling of the rebellion the stifling of all dissent • Syn: ↑suppression, ↑quelling, ↑stifling …   Useful english dictionary

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