"quelled" is a correct and usable word in written English
It is a verb that means to put an end to something, usually something that causes disruptive behavior or fear. Example sentence: The leader of the protest quelled the dissent among the group with his powerful words.
33 min: The Czechs have slightly quelled the storm in the last 10 minutes and are starting to get a foothold in the game now.
The URV's apparent stability quelled Brazilians' anxiety over future price rises.
With a solution to hand, iBiquity has quelled many of the local broadcasters' fears about satellite radio.
She apparently quelled its internal strife, won back disaffected Muslim voters and re-established Congress as the main foe of the Hindu nationalism espoused by the BJP.
November's dramatic government intervention may have quelled fears that the bank would go under.
The government quelled it in the usual manner, rounding up the ringleaders and promising the others more money.
The Georgians say they quelled a mutiny and foiled a conspiracy to overthrow President Mikheil Saakashvili, probably inspired by Russian intelligence.
In Tibet it has quelled unrest and dissent with the time-honoured repression it knows best: mass detention, heavy security and "patriotic education campaigns" (see article).
In early 1996, the myth of army unity and loyalty blew apart in a mutiny and attempted putsch that was quelled only when Mr Conté gave in to virtually all the soldiers' demands.
This was quelled only when the army and police got orders to shoot.
It is offering bounties for the capture of fugitive members of the regime overthrown last month after the security forces had killed more than 80 people.Revolution is in the air in Asia again, as it was two decades ago, when a series of "people-power" movements swept unpopular regimes from government; or forced them into big reforms; or, in two countries, were quelled by a hail of bullets.
