quell a mutiny
1mutiny — I n. 1) to foment, incite, stir up; organize a mutiny 2) to crush, put down, quell a mutiny 3) a mutiny breaks out II v. (D; intr.) to mutiny against * * * [ mjuːt(ə)nɪ] incite organize a mutiny put down quell a mutiny …
2quell — /kwɛl / (say kwel) verb (t) 1. to suppress (disorder, mutiny, etc.); put an end to; extinguish. 2. to vanquish; subdue. 3. to quiet or allay (feelings, etc.). {Middle English Old English cwellan kill (causative of cwelan die) –queller, noun …
3Yen Bai mutiny — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Yen Bai mutiny caption= partof= date=February 10, 1930 place=Yen Bai, Vietnam result=Uprising crushed VNQDD severely damaged by deaths and arrests, jailings and executions by French authoritiesRettig, pp. 316… …
41915 Singapore Mutiny — History of SingaporeThe 1915 Singapore Mutiny, also known as the 1915 Sepoy Mutiny, or Mutiny of the 5th Native Light Infantry was a mutiny by 850 sepoys (Indian soldiers) against the British in Singapore during the First World War, part of the… …
5Invergordon Mutiny — The Invergordon Mutiny was an industrial action by around a thousand sailors in the British Atlantic Fleet, that took place on 15 September 16 September 1931. For two days, ships of the Royal Navy at Invergordon were in open mutiny, in one of the …
6Pennsylvania Line Mutiny — The Pennsylvania Line Mutiny began January 1, 1781, and ended with negotiated settlement on January 8, 1781. The negotiated terms were concluded by January 29, 1781. The mutiny was the most successful and consequential insurrection by Continental …
7Bishopsgate mutiny — The Bishopsgate mutiny occurred in April 1649 when soldiers of Colonel Edward Whalley s regiment of the New Model Army refused to obey orders and leave London. At the end of the mutiny one soldier, a supporter of the Levellers, Robert Lockyer,… …
8New Model Army — For the band, see New Model Army (band). The Soldier s Catechism: rules, regulations and drill procedures of the New Model Army. The New Model Army of England was formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War, and was disbanded… …
9crush — vb 1 Crush, mash, smash, bruise, squash, macerate are comparable when they mean to reduce or be reduced to a pulpy or broken mass. Crush implies a compressing between two hard or resistant surfaces that succeeds, usually, in destroying the shape… …
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