squelched; squelching; squelches
1
2
: to emit or move with a sucking sound
squelcher
noun
1
: a sound of or as if of semiliquid matter under suction
the squelch of mud
2
: the act of suppressing
especially
: a retort that silences an opponent
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Verb
immediately squelched any signs of rebellion
his irritated glare squelched any other potential objectors
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Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Oct. 2024
Among her additional credits are The Brink, about far-right political strategist Steve Bannon (the Trump whisperer who was just released from federal prison) and Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, about the work of the extraordinary Chinese artist and China’s efforts to squelch his activism.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
The major social-media and tech companies have already done their share to pervert civil discourse and shatter consensus and squelch reason, all to make a buck.
—Sam Lipsyte, Harper's Magazine, 12 Apr. 2022
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Verb
Groups like the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and a Faculty Senate panel have also previously expressed concern that UT was punishing students and squelching free speech through their disciplinary actions and protest response, which the school has denied.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Oct. 2024
Among her additional credits are The Brink, about far-right political strategist Steve Bannon (the Trump whisperer who was just released from federal prison) and Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, about the work of the extraordinary Chinese artist and China’s efforts to squelch his activism.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
Poems of ‘human residue’ in a new collection Joe Hall’s poems move between a fist-pounding urgency, the fire and squelch of this moment of our endtime, and a vulnerability hushed and gentle as a nightgown on a laundry line.
—Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
The major social-media and tech companies have already done their share to pervert civil discourse and shatter consensus and squelch reason, all to make a buck.
—Sam Lipsyte, Harper's Magazine, 12 Apr. 2022
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“Squelch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squelch. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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squelch
1 of 2 noun1
: a sound of or as if of a squishy substance under suction
the squelch of mud
2
: a remark that silences an opponent
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