beat out vs quell

beat out

verb
  • To extinguish. 

  • To work out fully. 

  • To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum. 

  • To defeat by a narrow margin. 

  • To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, out. 

quell

verb
  • To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. 

  • To die. 

  • To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. 

noun
  • A subduing. 

  • An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly. 

  • A source, especially a spring. 

How often have the words beat out and quell occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )