Word Finder - squelching

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To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force

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Even the king’s announcement could not squelch the rumors.

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(radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength, below which the signal is suppressed by applying a gain of zero, and above which a positive (and linear from zero) gain is applied.

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To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground

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The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.

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To walk or step through a substance such as mud

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The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.

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The act of something that squelches.

My boots made a loud, horrible squelching sound with each step.

There might be some big, fat, squelching analog bass on that particular track.

Squelching back, they meet Foley, who pretends not to know Peter, much to Peter 's astonishment.

Squelching up to the loco, I was treated with the same lack of surprise by the crew.

They even have weird synth noises squelching around in the back ground.

Now the worst part of these days, an hour squelching up the road back to the hostel.

Then, as if a starter 's gun has gone off, they are sprinting home, feet squelching on the damp tartan track.

I think it 's been life enhancing and I shall definitely remember eating a squelching kangaroo testicle.

The convenience of just grabbing flowers in season to decorate your home will probably do a good job of squelching any desire to have a specific type of flower in your home at all times.

With "No Adults Allowed!" emblazoned on its homepage, children become HogBusters - a group of environmentalists dedicated to squelching the Energy Hog's efforts at destroying the earth.

I think it's been life enhancing and I shall definitely remember eating a squelching kangaroo testicle.

D loves squelching in the mud & I worry he might fall over.

If he was getting ready to make an indecent proposal, she didn't want Katie to hear the squelching reply she had planned.