QUELLING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

Example:

the stifling of all dissent

Synonyms:

crushing; quelling; stifling; suppression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("quelling" is a kind of...):

bar; prevention (the act of preventing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quelling"):

crackdown (severely repressive actions)

Derivation:

quell (suppress or crush completely)

-ing form of the verb quell