11.   Netanyahu was to meet Arafat at the Washington summit to discuss ways to quell tensions and restart the peace process, including the implementation of Palestinian self-rule accords.

12.   The instructors are badly needed on the ground to quell the tension between the polarised Moslem and Croat communities in the southern city of Mostar.

v. + tension >>共 395
ease 16.21%
defuse 7.54%
reduce 6.93%
raise 5.55%
heighten 5.47%
create 4.03%
increase 3.73%
escalate 2.29%
cause 2.15%
inflame 1.78%
quell 0.24%
quell + n. >>共 234
violence 13.14%
riot 7.44%
unrest 7.14%
protest 5.16%
disturbance 4.48%
fear 3.11%
uprising 2.96%
concern 2.81%
speculation 2.66%
inflation 2.35%
tension 0.91%
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