Meaning & use
stilled
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Made calm, quiet, or motionless.
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The medicine finally stilled her racing heart.
A hush stilled the crowd as the results were announced.
A note on using this word
Stilled is the past tense of the verb still, meaning to make something stop moving or making noise.
Words with a similar meaning
calmedquieted
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