quelled

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Was quelled, her witchery laid;

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  • Yet when they have been quelled, the beneficiaries of the enforcement of law must in their turn be taught that law is upheld as a means to the enforcement of justice, and that we will not tolerate its being turned into an engine of injustice and oppression. —  Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography
  • The riot was quelled, and out of the scrimmage various suits were instigated by the Crown against John Hancock, in the Court of Admiralty. —  Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3
  • I could not resist a hearty laugh at the storm which had so suddenly burst upon us and had been as suddenly quelled, and turning to him said, “Mr. —  A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren
  • Johnson flew to arms: he wrote one of his monumental letters; the opposition was quelled, and the Gael got his Bible. —  Obiter Dicta Second Series
  • The insurrection was quelled, and the ringleaders were doomed to undergo the utmost penalty of martial law. —  The King's Own
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