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Squelched

/ˈskwɛltʃt/

To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force

📖 Definitions of "Squelched"

verb
  1. 1

    To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force

    "Even the king’s announcement could not squelch the rumors."

  2. 2

    (radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength, below which the signal is suppressed by applying a gain of zero, and above which a positive (and linear from zero) gain is applied.

  3. 3

    To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground

    "The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night."

  4. 4

    To walk or step through a substance such as mud

    "The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless."

adjective
  1. 1

    Having been squelched.

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