Object

• rebellion: Darius tells how he was able to quell the rebellions with the help of seven nobles.

• uprising: Thomas More attempts to quell the uprising with wise words pleading for racial harmony.

• mutiny: I took up an oar and tried to quell the mutiny; I cried no!

• unrest: The invasion was a blatant attempt to use the flag waving patriotism of war to quell unrest in the working classes.

• revolt: XIV was ordered back to the continent from Britain to help quell the revolt.

• riot: With the aid of soldiers, he quelled the food riots of 1757.

Present participle complement

• grow: MAFF and DH issued press releases notifying the public of the discovery and attempting to quell growing consumer fears.

Modifying Another Word

• quickly: In a second incident, there was a minor disturbance on a train at Warrington which was quickly quelled by police.

• soon: His frustration was soon quelled by the home side finally fashioning a second on 52 minutes.

• not: What they have done will not quell the population fighting for a fairer form of taxation.

• only: Fights broke out and were only quelled by the arrival of more police.

• n't: When water did n't quell the rushes, she drank more and more.

• hardly: The passage of time has hardly quelled interest in human reproductive cloning.