squelchern.
colloquial.
One who, or that which, squelches; a squelching or crushing blow, leading article, etc.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming > one who or that which
quenchera1382
hammer1382
suppresser1543
suppressor1560
quench-coal1615
pulverizer1635
stifler1642
smotherer1648
queller1804
overwhelmer1807
cold douche1835
squelcher1854
putter-down1869
steamroller1896
1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 31 There's a squelcher in the bread-basket, that'll stop your dancing!
1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly II. v. 87 I went back to the Editor's room. He was going on again with his usual occupation of manufacturing squelchers.
1893 Microcosm (N.Y.) X. 192 He then asserts..that he has demolished our law by an overwhelming ‘squelcher’.
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