Definition of "quelch" []

• A blow; a bang. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Issue a joint paper repudiating the use of the term "Climate Deniers" since this is merely a perjorative term, used to quelch scientific inquiry, not foster it."
• "Mere program trouble with Ares would not automatically qualify one for the chopping block, since they are to be expected (after all, DT for Apollo killed 3 astronauts), whereas using political factors to quelch legitimate engineering discussions would, since it can only lead to badness."
• "Aren't two wars enough to quelch your thirst for blood that we must yet again stick our noses into another middle-east crisis?"