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Meaning of squelch

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  squelch
      n 1: a crushing remark [syn: {put-down}, {squelch}, {squelcher},
           {takedown}]
      2: an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal
         becomes weaker than the noise [syn: {squelch circuit},
         {squelch}, {squelcher}]
      v 1: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of
           dissent"; "quench a rebellion" [syn: {squelch}, {quell},
           {quench}]
      2: make a sucking sound
      3: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
         meadow" [syn: {squelch}, {squish}, {splash}, {splosh},
         {slosh}, {slop}]
      4: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition;
         "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: {squash},
         {crush}, {squelch}, {mash}, {squeeze}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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