verb
- Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation.
- usage: "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
- synonyms: calm, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
- Make calm or still.
- usage: "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
- synonyms: calm, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
- Become quiet or less intensive.
- usage: "the fighting lulled for a moment"
- synonyms: lull
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