Squelch
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- to halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force
- Even the king’s announcement could not squelch the rumors.
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- Oh 'twas your luck and mine to be squelched.
- Carlyle
- If you deceive us you will be squelched.
- to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.
- to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground
- The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.
- to walk or step through a substance such as mud
- The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.
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