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SQUELCHED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does squelched mean?
• SQUELCHED (adjective)
The adjective SQUELCHED has 1 sense:
1. subdued or overcome
Familiarity information: SQUELCHED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subdued or overcome
Synonyms:
Context example:
a squelched rumor
Similar:
suppressed (kept from public knowledge by various means)
Context examples
He extracted great happiness from squelching her, and she squelched easily these days, though it had been different in the first years of their married life, before the brood of children and his incessant nagging had sapped her energy.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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