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What (who) is QUELLED - definition
Quelled
·Impf & ·p.p. of Quell.
quell
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Quell (disambiguation)
(quells, quelling, quelled)
1.
To quell opposition or violent behaviour means to stop it.
Troops eventually quelled the unrest.
VERB: V n
2.
If you quell an unpleasant feeling such as fear or anger, you stop yourself or other people from having that feeling.
The Information Minister is trying to quell fears of a looming oil crisis.
VERB: V n
Queller
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![George Edwards]] published in 1760](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red-billed quelea Edwards, 1760.png?width=200 "George Edwards]] published in 1760")
![male ''Q. q. aethiopica'' in breeding plumage with pink wash, [[Uganda]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea aethiopica) male breeding plumage pink.jpg?width=200 "male ''Q. q. aethiopica'' in breeding plumage with pink wash, [[Uganda]]")
![male ''Q. q. aethiopica'' in breeding plumage with a yellow wash on the head, [[Uganda]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea aethiopica) male breeding plumage yellow.jpg?width=200 "male ''Q. q. aethiopica'' in breeding plumage with a yellow wash on the head, [[Uganda]]")
![Females in breeding plumage with yellow bills, [[South Africa]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Travailleur à bec rouge femelles.jpg?width=200 "Females in breeding plumage with yellow bills, [[South Africa]]")
![female ''Q. q. aethiopica'' in non-breeding plumage, [[Ethiopia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea aethiopica) female.jpg?width=200 "female ''Q. q. aethiopica'' in non-breeding plumage, [[Ethiopia]]")
SPECIES OF BIRD
Quelea quelea; Queller; RED BILLED QUELEA; Red-billed Quelea; Quelea finch; Red-billed weaver; Red-billed dioch
·noun A killer; as, Jack the Giant Queller.
II. Queller ·noun One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.
Examples of use of QUELLED
1. Gambari‘s trip came after troops quelled mass protests with gunfire.
2. Has collective punishment quelled the outbreak of the intifada?
3. Another failure was that the demonstration was not quelled forcefully.
4. Demonstrations were quelled and hundreds of clerics detained.
5. Yesterday the insurgency appeared to be temporarily quelled.