squelch

intransitive verb

To subdue forcibly.

intransitive verb

To inhibit or suppress.

intransitive verb

To crush by trampling.

intransitive verb

To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.

noun

A squishing sound.

noun

An electric circuit that cuts off a radio receiver when the signal is too weak for reception of anything but noise.

noun

A crushing blow; a heavy fall.

To crush down; stamp on as if squeezing out something liquid; put an end to.

To disconcert; discomfit; put down.

To be crushed.