squelch[noun]Synonyms: squash, squidge, squish
[verb]Synonyms: suppress, muffle, quelch, repress, shush, strangle
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
squelch /skweltʃ/
verb[
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: From the sound]
1. [intransitive] to make a sucking sound by walking or moving in something soft and wet:
My hair was dripping and my shoes squelched as I walked.squelch through/along/up We squelched across the field.2. [transitive] American English to stop something from continuing to develop or spread
Synonym : squash:
Her creativity had been squelched.—squelch noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲