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victoriousvocabulary:

QUELL

[verb]

1. to suppress; put an end to; extinguish

2. to vanquish; subdue.

3. to quiet or allay (emotions, anxieties, etc.).

Etymology: from Middle English quellen, Old English cwellan, “to kill”; akin to Old Norse kvelja, “to torment”, German quälen, “to vex”.

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Original: Quiet the Night by Brooke Shaden