squelch
Stomp out decisively
Squelch captures the wet, sucking sound made when walking through mud or soggy ground, and by extension any act of forcefully suppressing or silencing something.
If you squelch a rumor or squelch dissent, you crush it decisively.
She squelched through the marsh in her rubber boots.
The CEO squelched speculation about layoffs.
In electronics, squelch refers to a circuit that suppresses background noise when no signal is present.
Suppress or nullify
- stifleSuppress or restrain
- crushCompress with force
- quellForcibly end unrest
- silenceTotal lack of sound
subdue · smother · snuff · extinguish · stamp out · put down · clamp down · shut down
Total lack of sound
ban · restrict · suppress · redact · blacklist · forbid · prohibit · stifle
Compress with pressure
- sloshLiquid moving messily
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
- splatterScatter in drops
- splatWet striking sound
gurgle · ooze · slurp · plop · schlep · sucking · splish · squash
Acidic peat wetland
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- quagmireSoft, wet ground
- mireBoggy, waterlogged terrain
- sludgeSemi-solid waste material
swamp · wetland · fen · morass · slough · muddy · boggy · mucky
Returned response data
- staticWithout motion or change
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- distortionTwisting from original state
filter · attenuation · dampen · reduce · cutoff · gate · compression · threshold
quash
Suppress or nullify
silence · subdue · smother · snuff · extinguish · stamp out · put down · clamp down · shut down · nip in the bud
silence
Total lack of sound
mute · ban · restrict · suppress · redact · blacklist · forbid · prohibit · stifle · clamp down
squish
Compress with pressure
splat · gurgle · ooze · slurp · plop · schlep · sucking · splish · squash · trudge
bog
Acidic peat wetland
sludge · swamp · wetland · fen · morass · slough · muddy · boggy · mucky · waterlogged
feedback
Returned response data
- staticWithout motion or change
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
distortion · filter · attenuation · dampen · reduce · cutoff · gate · compression · threshold · limiter