(transitive, US) To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force.
Even the king's announcement could not squelch the rumors.
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(transitive, radio technology) To suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength.
The party’s dominant right wing squelched not only Sherman’s hopes for an early convention, but may have also put the MLA out of contention for the leadership.
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(intransitive, British) To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground.
We believe that Facebook is using privacy as a pretext to squelch research that it considers inconvenient.
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