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squelch

noun

1 squelch

A crushing remark.

synonyms: put-down, squelcher, takedown.

Roget 408: resonance; ring etc. v.; ringing, tintinabulation etc. v.; reflexion [Brit.], reflection, reverberation; echo, reecho; ... show more

Dutch: ruisonderdrukker

2 squelch

An electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise.

synonyms: squelch circuit, squelcher.

verb

1 squelch

Suppress or crush completely:
— Squelch any sign of dissent.

synonyms: quell, quench.

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

2 squelch

Make a sucking sound.

3 squelch

Walk through mud or mire.

synonyms: slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squish.

4 squelch

To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.

synonyms: crush, mash, squash, squeeze.


Moby thesaurus: answer, answer conclusively, argue down, asphyxiate, assibilate, assibilation, barb, black out, bottle up, buzz, censor, choke, choke off, clamp down on, comeback, complete answer, confound, confounding, confutation, confute ... show more.

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