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quietus

[kwahy-ee-tuhs] / kwaɪˈi təs /




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Kg5, and now, with both Black rooks hanging, a simple king move delivers the quietus.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2023

Instead, it was a much quicker quietus after 19.

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2019

What’s most disheartening is how unspectacular a quietus it turns out to be.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 29, 2016

He it was who put a firm quietus upon the "farm revolt" at the Kansas City convention.

From Time Magazine Archive

But this was no quietus to our neighbor, who half rose from his seat.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry




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