暴ぼう動どうを治おさめる

expression, ichidan verb

quell a riot; suppress a disturbance

Used for bringing a violent public disturbance under control, often by authorities.

• 警けい察さつが暴ぼう動どうを治おさめるために出しゅつ動どうした。

  The police were dispatched to quell the riot.

• 政せい府ふは暴ぼう動どうを治おさめるのに苦く労ろうした。

  The government struggled to suppress the disturbance.