verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ankle deep in mud, we squelched across the meadow.
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Barrett squelched rumors that the bank will change its name.
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It had been raining hard and my boots squelched as I walked across the park.
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Melvin was squelching around in the yard outside the cowshed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As I squelched my way back round the lochan's edge towards the road, I saw the diver.
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But the fact that the guy is wearing a Comedy Central shirt tends to squelch the impact.
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He walked on, squelching now, and quite soon came to another notice.
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It is not the emotion which is negative, but the fact that it has been squelched.
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Labor was pleased, the protests were squelched and Clinton won by a hefty margin.
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The dream squelched away as she went ankle-deep into a pool.
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The shortcomings of the watch, however, failed to squelch the dream of what it might do once perfected.