dead-end vs quell

dead-end

• To come to a dead-end. 

• Going nowhere; blocked. 

• A road with no exit. 

• A position that offers no hope of progress. 

quell

• To die. 

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

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

• A subduing. 

• An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly. 

• A source, especially a spring.