Both Uses of
quell
in
The 100, by Morgan
- "Then what are you doing here?" she asked, unable to quell the panic creeping into her voice.†
p. 5.7 *
- Bellamy thrashed against the arms holding him, unable to quell his rage as the implication of Wells's words sank in.†
p. 197.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(quell) suppress or stop completely
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
While quell still means to suppress or stop, in Shakespeare's time, it had a more violent connotation--often meaning to murder or to eliminate someone or something.