squelch
/skweltʃ/
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Definition
Verb:
- To suppress or crush completely: To put an end to something forcefully or decisively, often an idea, feeling, or rebellion.
- To make a soft, sucking sound: To produce a wet, soft sound, typically by walking through mud or by compressing something wet.
- To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition: To crush or flatten something, often with a squishing sound.
Noun:
- A crushing remark: A sharp, decisive, and often humiliating retort or criticism that silences someone.
- A soft, sucking sound: The sound made when walking through mud or when something wet is compressed.
- An electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise: A technical term for a noise suppression circuit in electronics.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- The dictator moved to squelch the protest before it could spread.
- Her boots squelched in the deep mud after the rain.
- He accidentally squelched the tomato in his hand.
Noun:
- Her witty squelch left him speechless and embarrassed.
- The only sound in the swamp was the squelch of our footsteps.
- The radio's squelch control helps eliminate background static.
Advanced Usage
"to squelch out": To extinguish or suppress something, often a sound or a feeling.
- She tried to squelch out her feelings of jealousy.
"to squelch down": To suppress or hold back, often an emotion or reaction.
- He had to squelch down a laugh during the serious meeting.
Variants and Related Words
- Squelchy (adj): Describing something that makes a soft, wet, sucking sound or has that consistency.
- The path was squelchy after the storm.
Synonyms
- Verb: Suppress, quash, quell, crush, silence, squash, stomp.
- Noun: Retort, put-down, riposte; squish, splash.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Squelch around: To walk around making squelching sounds.
- The children loved to squelch around in the puddles.
Related Idioms
- To put the squelch on (something): To stop or suppress an activity or idea.
- The new regulations put the squelch on their plans for expansion.
Noun
- an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
- a crushing remark
Verb
- 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
- suppress or crush completely
- squelch any sign of dissent
- quench a rebellion