squelched

Definition of Squelched in English :

Adjective

subdued or overcome

Example Sentences:
'the quelled rebellion'
'an uprising quenched almost before it started'
'a squelched rumor'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Squelched

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verb

1. (intransitive)

to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise

2. (intransitive)

to make such a noise

3. (transitive)

to crush completely; squash

4. (transitive) informal

to silence, as by a crushing retort

noun

5.

a squelching sound

6.

something that has been squelched

7. electronics

a circuit that cuts off the audio-frequency amplifier of a radio receiver in the absence of an input signal, in order to suppress background noise

8. informal

a crushing remark

Squelched

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noun

1.

the sound of liquid, mud, slush, etc. moving under pressure or suction, as in wet shoes

2.

a crushed mass of something

3. Informal

the act of suppressing or silencing; esp., a crushing retort, answer, rebuke, etc.

verb transitive

4.

to crush or smash by or as by falling or stamping upon; squash

5. Informal

to suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect

verb intransitive

6.

to walk heavily, as through mud, making a sucking sound

7.

to make such a sound

Squelched

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v. squelched, squelch·ing, squelch·es

v.tr.

1. To subdue forcibly: squelch a revolt.

2. To inhibit or suppress: squelch a rumor; squelch one's anger.

3. Archaic To crush by trampling.

v.intr.

To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.

n.

1. A squishing sound.

2. An electric circuit that cuts off a radio receiver when the signal is too weak for reception of anything but noise.

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