The phrase "quell fear" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English
It means to calm or suppress fear. You can use it in any context where someone is trying to alleviate or control feelings of fear. Example: The brave knight's courage helped to quell the villagers' fear of the dragon, as he valiantly battled and ultimately slayed the beast.
Bank officials say it would quell fear that many of its most talented bankers and traders might join hedge funds and other rivals that have no restriction on hiring or bonuses.
Tempo tempers breathing, and tone and timbre can quell fear, he explains; his use of vowel sounds, not words, can offer uncomplicated companionship, and provide the dying an opportunity to abandon their pain-riddled bodies and follow with their mind, travelling peacefully with the harp's melody.
"It is not enough for teachers to plow through the day's lessons, thinking that by doing so, they establish a degree of normalcy that helps quell fear and instill calm," Lt. Col. Robert L. Gordon III, director of the American politics section of the school's social sciences department, told his colleagues in an e-mail message on Wednesday.
For the practical purposes of first responders or government agencies seeking to reduce or quell fear in neighboring populations after a terrorist attack this finding suggests that fear will spread to those communities with the most direct personal experience with the focal area.
In a step the company likely hopes to quell fear after a glut of negative publicity relating to the dangers of social networking Web sites, Fox Interactive Media announced it has appointed a Microsoft executive and federal prosecutor to head up safety and security efforts at MySpace.com.com
We close our eyes or cover our ears to quell fear.
After he took office, Mr. Eroglu sought to quell fears that he would block United Nations negotiations.
Last week, the Group of 7 sought to quell fears of a developing currency war.
Government officials moved to quell fears the resignation would hurt the case.
But this latest number, so dramatically lowered, cannot be used to quell fears.
Rolando Villazón, "Italian Opera Arias" (Virgin) — Another great young tenor comes along to quell fears of a post-Pavarotti drought.
