Meaning & use
Squelch
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To suppress or silence something forcefully, or to make a soft sucking sound, as of walking through mud.
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The board moved quickly to squelch any rumors of a merger.
Their boots squelched through the muddy field after the storm.
A note on using this word
Squelch works both as a vivid sound word for wet, sucking noises and as a verb meaning to crush or silence opposition.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A soft sucking sound, as of feet walking through mud or wet ground.
The only sound in the swamp was the squelch of their boots.
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