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Meanings of squelched in English

Subdued or overcome.

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Usage of squelched in English
1
Unfortunately this natural gift is squelched before it has time to develop.
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
2
The Capitals squelched another New Jersey rally early in the third period.
Reuters
3
My boots squelched, and water dropped from the corners of the boxes.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
4
Mathewson was squelched, but Sturgis came to his relief with the suggestion:-
Potts's Painless Cure / 1898
5
The unappreciated serenader appeared squelched by this threat, for complete silence followed.
The Spanish Chest
6
Son was speedily squelched by Ma's firm hand, and the adventure ended.
I Married a Ranger
7
His hands squelched in the blood on the rim of the basin.
IT
8
Their boots squelched on the sodden turf; the wind bore on them heavily.
At a Winter's Fire
9
But in the person of Brother Walker, the system was squelched.
Thirty Years in the Itinerancy
10
She squelched the sensation and returned to the subject at hand.
The grail king
11
Her boots squelched with every step, water shifting between her toes.
The bone palace
12
I squelched the urge to turn and see what had happened.
Future Lovecraft
13
Hershie squelched in, leaving a slushy dribble on the muted industrial-grade brown carpet.
Super Man and the Bug Out
14
Icy subterranean water squelched up and down in writer's rubber boots.
The new yorker
15
Thus inescapably pinioned, I squelched up the path to my wedding.
Outlander
16
His smile sparked those irrelevant happy feelings that she'd almost squelched.
Colorado abduction
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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