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squelch

verb

/skwɛltʃ/

Meaning

to make a soft sucking sound, such as when walking on mud; to suppress or silence

His boots squelched in the wet ground.

squelch a rumor

suppress, silence, smother, extinguish

encourage, spread, amplify

squelch noise, squelch rumor, squelch dissent

to be alive or to reside in a place

To roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.

to make blessed or holy, especially in the Roman Catholic Church, to declare a deceased person to be...

To summarize and state again the main points of.

to begin or start something

To instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).