Definition of "quelling" []

• Present participle of quell. (verb)

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• "Gendarmes circle in white vans, often supported by units from the CRS Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité, who made their name quelling riots during more idealistic days on the Left Bank, most notably spring 1968."
• "The remedy is as drastic as are the drugs used for epilepsy, which in quelling the spasm bring idiocy to the patient."
• "As some may have read, on September 11, 2010, the New York Timesreported that Microsoft was actively participating with the Russian government in quelling dissent organizations."