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Meanings of squelch in English

Spanish
golpe bajo

A crushing remark.

golpe bajo
Catalan
picolar

Walk through mud or mire.

picolar
Portuguese
esmagar
Catalan
moldre
Spanish
aplastar

To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition.

esmagar
Catalan
dominar

Suppress or crush completely.

dominar
Usage of squelch in English
1
One possibility, said Davy, is that water could squelch feelings of hunger.
Reuters
2
Up ahead the tunnel touched, then peeled apart with a grotesque squelch.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
3
Nothing to hear but the squelch of my boots on the lawn.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
4
The dampers in a lecture hall could be tuned to squelch hecklers.
Existence
5
As he did so, he felt something squelch coldly under his fingers.
Pet Sematary
6
I squelch along the highway till I get to the CFS Outfitters.
Wild Thing
7
Tell the king he can suck my-A pop, mixed with squelch.
Sea of Rust
8
He jumped hurriedly into the farmyard, where he landed with a squelch.
A Tale of Time City
9
I clapped a hand to my mouth to squelch a hysterical whine.
One for the money
10
I'd scout the suggestion of a trial; I'd squelch Calvaster; I'd absolve you.
The Unwilling Vestal
11
Isobel did her best to squelch the smile he was quite obviously after.
Seduced by a highlander
12
How could his talk squelch the stepping forward of female and male survivors?
Ebony
13
The arrangement led to occasional turf wars, which the noncoms sought to squelch.
Starcraft ii: heaven's devils
14
I heard an electronic squelch-anincoming comm signal in Rita's helmet.
All You Need Is Kill
15
I've written another article; you better hurry down and help Livy squelch it.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906)
16
I knew, though, that my concerns would not squelch his passion.
The kommandant's girl
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Translations for squelch
Portuguese
esmagar
Squelch through the time
Squelch across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common