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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

In Florida a quietus was apparently put upon the hopes of Senator Underwood when Mr. McAdoo carried the state primary.

From Time Magazine Archive

In ordinary hands nothing could have prevented a quietus.

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various




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