Quelled

(adj.) subdued or overcome; 'the quelled rebellion'; 'an uprising quenched almost before it started'; 'a squelched rumor' .

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• Indignation quivered on her lip; but it was quelled by the secret voice which warned her that she must not quarrel with him. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He hoped they would see the troops, and be quelled by the thought of their narrow escape. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The enemy was sung and stormed down, his psalm quelled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He quelled, he kept down when he could; and when he could not, he fumed like a bottled storm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Had she been obliged to speak to him _only_, it would have quelled, but, at liberty to address another, it excited her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In the midst of all this noise and commotion, there was heard a sweet female voice, which quelled it in an instant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Mr. Bob Sawyer, completely quelled by the decision of the old gentleman's manner, took the same course. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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