Found 2 items, similar to Squelching.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: squelch
squelch
n 1: a crushing remark [syn:
put-down,
squelcher,
takedown]
2: an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal
becomes weaker than the noise [syn:
squelch circuit,
squelcher]
v 1: suppress or crush completely;
“squelch any sign of dissent”;
“quench a rebellion” [syn:
quell,
quench]
2: make a sucking sound
3: walk through mud or mire;
“We had to splosh across the wet
meadow” [syn:
squish,
splash,
splosh,
slosh,
slop]
4: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or
condition;
“crush an aluminum can”;
“squeeze a lemon”
[syn:
squash,
crush,
mash,
squeeze]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Squelching
Squelch
\Squelch\ (skw[e^]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Squelched
(skw[e^]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n.
Squelching.] [Cf. Prov. E.
quelch a blow, and quell to crush, to kill.]
To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.]
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Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. --Beau. &
Fl.
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If you deceive us you will be squelched. --Carlyle.
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