quelling

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noun

forceful prevention;
putting down by power or authority
- the suppression of heresy
- the quelling of the rebellion
- the stifling of all dissent
• Syn:
suppression, crushing, stifling
• Derivationally related forms:
stifle (for: stifling), quell, crush (for: crushing), suppress (for: suppression)
• Hypernyms:
prevention, bar
• Hyponyms:
crackdown