Definition of "squelcher" []

• One who, or that which, squelches. (noun)

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• "Daddy lit his big old meerschaum -- the 'squelcher' Jinny called it, because of its noise -- and mooned about the room, making remarks on literature or politics, while Mother picked a work-basket cleverly from a dangerously overloaded shelf, and prepared to mend and sew."
• "It may be the European system, which still has mandatory retirement (at 65 or 67), that is the idea-squelcher."
• "Question: Do you think that Lori Andreachuk, squelcher of religious expression, harasser of the clergy, censor of the press, knows that the first words in our Charter of Rights are "Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law"?"