to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.

to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument.

to make a splashing sound.

to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.

a squelched or crushed mass of anything.

a splashing sound.

an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument.

Also called squelch circuit, noise suppressor. Electronics . a circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs.

verb

allow , release

verb

black out , censure , crush , extinguish , kill , muffle , oppress , quelch , quench , repress , settle , shush , sit on , smother , squash , stifle , strangle , thwart , choke off , put down , quash , quell , burke , choke , gag , hold back , hold down , hush , suppress , throttle , (colloq.) crush , abash , restrain , silence , stamp