Hypertext Webster Gateway: "squelched"
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) 1.7 (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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