squelch
pronunciation
How to pronounce squelch in British English:
UK [skweltʃ]
How to pronounce squelch in American English:
US [skwɛltʃ]
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- Noun:
- a crushing remark
- an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
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- Verb:
- suppress or crush completely
- make a sucking sound
- walk through mud or mire
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
Word Origin
- squelch (v.)
- 1620s, "to fall, drop, or stomp (on something soft) with crushing force," possibly imitative of sound made in the process. The figurative sense of "suppress completely" is first recorded 1864. Related: Squelched; squelching.
Example
- 1. Squelch mobile communication , they reasoned , and protesters wouldn 't be able to mobilize .
- 2. And that is why mr wen and his colleagues not only decry debate about the exchange rate abroad . They also squelch debate at home .
- 3. A political scandal surrounding german president christian wulff intensified tuesday as new information emerged that he tried to squelch media reports about his private business dealings .
- 4. And he has promised to encourage more open debate as speaker , giving the minority more freedom to introduce amendments and eschewing the sort of procedural tricks the democrats have used in recent years to squelch dissent and avoid awkward votes .
- 5. Hacked emails from an influential u. k.climate-science lab suggest that researchers there tried to squelch scientific challenges to what has become scientific consensus : that human beings are largely responsible for climate change .