Meaning & use
Squelched
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Made a soft sucking sound while moving through mud, wet ground, or a similarly soft, wet substance; also, forcefully suppressed or silenced something.
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Her boots squelched through the swamp with every step.
The manager squelched any talk of a strike before it could spread.
A note on using this word
The word is onomatopoeic in its literal sense, and the figurative 'squelch a rumor' sense extends that image of pressing something down until it stops.
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encouraged
Another way to use it
2. verb
Forcefully suppressed or silenced (a rumor, objection, or uprising).
The government moved quickly to squelch the protest.
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