Definition of "squelched" [squelched]

• Something that has been squelched (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of squelch. (verb)

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• "That led to a tendency for heckler’s veto, which was opposed on the basis that the visiting rugby sides had the right to not have their expression squelched by crowd control concerns."
• "Shelley ordered the edition to be "squelched," but nearly a hundred copies had already been issued; and this fact, so maddening to the poet, may yet rejoice the collector of rare books."
• "The Southern nullifiers, who had been "squelched" by General Jackson, began to revive under the more genial rule of Mr. Van Buren, and they established an "organ" called the Washington _Chronicle_."