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Quell (7 letter answer)

The Answer

REPRESS

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Notes

The answer REPRESS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1500 puzzles.

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Definition

REPRESS as a verb:

1. (repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce) = put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
2. (smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress) = conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
3. (suppress, repress) = put out of one's consciousness