[
US
/ˈskwɛɫtʃ/
]
[ UK /skwˈɛltʃ/ ]
[ UK /skwˈɛltʃ/ ]
VERB
-
suppress or crush completely
quench a rebellion
squelch any sign of dissent -
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
crush an aluminum can
squeeze a lemon -
walk through mud or mire
We had to splosh across the wet meadow - make a sucking sound
NOUN
- a crushing remark
- an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
How To Use squelch In A Sentence
- The security police quickly squelched an extremely rare public demonstration demanding political reform on Monday, the 41st anniversary of the Baath Party's seizure of power here.
- On the other hand, if events adduce to the furtherance of law, independence, freedom, then he spares no effort to squelch it. Never let an oil leak go to waste? | RedState
- Barring miracle remission on a continental scale, only aggressive, coordinated medical relief, public health programs and public information campaigns squelch epidemics.
- He got out of the car and squelched through the mud to open the gate.
- The truth is that communism cannot exist without force because it depends so heavily upon squelching individual human ambition and making it subservient to the community.
- He does a good job of glueing the whole together with big, churchy organ chords and squelchy analogue synths.
- Whereas Congo Square rocked and infused soul into the sweaty bodies that came every Sunday afternoon, Jackson Square squelched the human spirit and sometimes took away the life of our ancestral people. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
- He pulled his foot out of the mud with a squelch.
- Together, they soared over the fence, and landed with a muddy squelch onto the ground.
- Now I'm talking about it so much it sounds like my life is a constant stream of noxious gases, like I walk around all day pumping, rasping and squelching.