Thursday, October 7, 2010

Word #7

quell

China remains uncompromising in response to Nobel (article from Yahoo! News)

"Getting China wrong could prove troublesome as the U.S. and other powers try to quell terrorism, halt nuclear proliferation, revive growth that is flagging in much of the West and deal with other global troubles."

to suppress; put an end to; extinguish; verb

The school administration needs to find a way to quell the gang-related fights that have been happening since school started.

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