Definitions for squelch

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Spelling: [skwelch]

IPA: /skwɛltʃ/

Squelch is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in squelch (cehlqsu).

Definitions for squelch

verb (used with object)

1. to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
2. to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a splashing sound.
2. to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.

noun

1. a squelched or crushed mass of anything.
2. a splashing sound.
3. an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument.
4. Also called squelch circuit, noise suppressor. Electronics. a circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs.

Origin of squelch

1610-20; variant of quelch in same sense (perhaps blend of quell and quash); initial s perhaps from Examples for squelch

Her mind was made up to squelch him at the first opportunity.

You get rid of Thomas and squelch that law case, and I'll keep mum.

But she has done her darnedest to squelch rumors that she is interested in running.

He must have nerve to tackle her after he saw her squelch you.

Attempting to squelch political speech by calling it hate speech only makes Israel look weaker.

Yes, the party wants to squelch cultural expressions that threaten its own continuity and survival.

Even so, AEI is mostly a bystander as Republicans fight among themselves to squelch the Tea Party grassroots.

Before I got wind of them, they had gone so far it was almost impossible to squelch them.

I'd just love to let it all squelch on, and I adore the smell!

In attempting to squelch the protests, government forces killed six people on March 18 and more four days later.