Quell

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–verb (used with object) 

1. to suppress; put an end 

to

; extinguish: The [troops] quelled the rebellion quickly.  



2. to vanquish



–verb (used with object)

1. to conquer or subdue 

by 

superior force, as in battle. 



2. to defeat in any contest or conflict; be victorious over: to vanquish one's [opponent] in an argument.

3. to overcome or overpower: He vanquished all his [fears].



; subdue.

3. to quiet or allay (emotions, anxieties, etc.): The child's mother quelled his fears of the thunder.  





 　

There were times on the set of Darjeeling, for instance, when Anderson would doubt his instincts: "Okay, am I doing too much of a 'thing I do' here?" he would ask the crew. Coppola was quick to quell the director’s [insecurities].





bluff

buff

is getting his edges [buffed] by Raymond's [ingratiating] eccentricities and attachment [to] routine. 



divest

sequence in which Sister Luke divests [herself] of her religious [robes], dons street garb, and walks out to an uncertain future.

elide

to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation

Law. to annul or quash. 

Postscript noting the fates of certain characters conveniently [elides] the sad and/or ironic destinies awaitin[g s]ome of them. 

Debilitate