Function: transitive verb
Date: 1842
1 : to prohibit or restrain usually abruptly and with censure from acting in a specified way : SQUELCH
2 : to put an abrupt stop to : SUPPRESS
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1842
1 : to prohibit or restrain usually abruptly and with censure from acting in a specified way : SQUELCH
2 : to put an abrupt stop to : SUPPRESS
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012