quelling

/K W EH1 L IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.

  2. 2

    To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.

    โ€œto quell griefโ€

  3. 3

    To kill.

  4. 4

    To be subdued or abated; to diminish.

  5. 5

    To die.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is quelled.

adjective
  1. 1

    Causing something to quell or be quelled

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quell, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quelling