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squelched


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Squelch  \Squelch\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Squelched};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Squelching}.]  [Cf.  prov.  E.  quelch  a  blow,  and  quel  to 
  crush,  to  kill.] 
  To  quell;  to  crush;  to  silence  or  put  down  [Colloq.] 
 
  Oh  't  was  your  luck  and  mine  to  be  squelched.  --Beau.  & 
  Fl 
 
  If  you  deceive  us  you  will  be  squelched.  --Carlyle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  squelched 
  adj  :  subdued  or  overcome;  "the  quelled  rebellion";  "an  uprising 
  quenched  almost  before  it  started";  "a  squelched  rumor" 
  [syn:  {quelled},  {quenched}] 




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