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squelched
squelch S0685200 (skwĕlch)v. squelched, squelch·ing, squelch·es v.tr.1. To subdue forcibly: squelch a revolt.2. To inhibit or suppress: squelch a rumor; squelch one's anger.3. Archaic To crush by trampling.v.intr. To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.n.1. A squishing sound.2. An electric circuit that cuts off a radio receiver when the signal is too weak for reception of anything but noise.
[Probably imitative.]
squelch′er n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | squelched - subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"quelled, quenchedsuppressed - kept from public knowledge by various means; |
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