Kill and Quell

Kill

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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Quell and kill are semantically related in destroy topic. In some cases you can use "Quell" instead a verb "Kill", when it comes to topics like cancel, alleviate, muffle.

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Quell

Quell verb - To put a stop to (something) by the use of force.

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Antonyms for Quell

Kill and quell are semantically related in defeat topic. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Quell".

Nearby Word: quelling

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people	kill people	quell people
number	kill number	quell number
time	kill time	quell time
anyone	kill anyone	quell anyone

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It's never confirmed, but it's pretty obvious Snow did it on purpose to try and quell the uprisings and kill Katniss.

Source: Literature / The Hunger Games
They're implied to have been more like this before the twist of the Quarter Quell (i.e., that they'd be competing to kill each other now) was announced.

Source: Breakfast Club
Before the Quarter Quell announcement, President Snow actually averted this as a reason why he doesn't just kill Katniss for the berry stunt and make it look like an accident.

Source: Contrived Coincidence