quell

  • (noun): A subduing.
  • (verb): To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.
  • (verb): To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
  • (verb): To kill.
  • (verb): To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
  • (verb): To die.
  • to quell grief