quell
to suppress or put an end to, especially by force; to quiet or calm
Word origin: From Old English cwellan, to kill or destroy.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “quell” well
Quell means to suppress by force or to calm something agitated, applying both to revolts and to emotions.
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