To make quiet.
To appease; to allay; to soothe.
To become quiet.
To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.
A mining method using water
A silence, especially after some noise
The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
Intense dread, fright, or fear.
A night terror.
Terrorism.
Something or someone that causes such fear.