quelling
present participle ofquell
| 单词 | quelling |
| 释义 | quelling present participle ofquell quell verb[T] uk/kwel/us/kwel/tostopsomething,especiallyby usingforce: Policeinriotgearwere called in to quell thedisturbances/unrest. Thislatestsetbackwill have done nothing to quell thegrowingdoubtsabout thefutureof theclub. Causing something to end
Examplesofquellingquelling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When would it have been the most useful in cultivating desirable affiliations orquellingpotential animosities between groups? From theCambridge English Corpus Quellingidealist inspired onslaughts, it helped the poor law to appear less manipulative than the radically reformist options and secure a degree of popular support. From theCambridge English Corpus Like the fictional characters, singers suffered discursive and physicalquelling. From theCambridge English Corpus Nixon's 1969 "silent majority" speech was effective in temporarilyquellingthe antiwar movement. From theCambridge English Corpus I think there is no more distasteful duty you can ask a soldier to perform than to lake part inquellingcivil riots. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are daily protests about bad food, clothing and conditions, and governors and staff become expert atquellingsuch problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He would probably have difficulty inquellingsix or even five. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I did this because it is possible to believe that an officer might have difficulty inquellingtrouble created by more than two people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In my view it is entirely the uncertainty, or rather thequellingof the uncertainty, which caused that slight rise which has been mentioned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These detainees were not sentenced to corporal punishment but were injured during thequellingof an incipient riot in which they were participating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These garrisons are chiefly occupied inquellingdisturbances, enforcing payment of taxes, and other duties of a similar nature. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the kind of threat that we are talking aboutquelling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Suppose trouble were to arise in those parts, who is responsible forquellingit, and who pays for it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The fire service's role has nothing to do withquellingcivil disturbances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Inquellingthat riot, are the troops on active service and liable to the disciplinary punishments which prevail when people are on active service? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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