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Definition of Squelched
1. Adjective. Subdued or overcome. "A squelched rumor"
Definition of Squelched
1. Adjective. Something that has been squelched ¹
2. Verb. (past of squelch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squelched
1. squelch [v] - See also: squelch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squelched
Literary usage of Squelched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fifty Years History of the Temperance Cause by Jane E. Stebbins, T. A. H. Brown (1874)
"HOW SLATER WAS squelched.'— THE FIRST TABERNACLE. — SIEGE OF CHARLIE BECK, ETC.
SEVEN cities of ancient Greece contended for the honor of being Homer's ..."
2. Reminiscences of a Ranger: Or, Early Times in Southern California by Horace Bell (1881)
"... Pico takes the Field —TD Molt Commands an Expedition to San Buenaventura— The
Rebellion squelched—Rebels Hung—Bloody Trophies—Stuttering Aleck. ..."
3. Random Recollections by Henry Brewster Stanton (1887)
"The Contest squelched.—Weed's Hand in it.—Members and Measures in the Senate.
— Hamilton Fish Elected United States Senator.—James W. Beekman Bolts Pish. ..."
4. The cabinet of the earth unlocked by Edward Steane Jackson (1867)
"squelched BEETLES. HE beds and deposits to which we now descend—called the COAL
MEASURES— show, more than any others, the gracious provision made by the ..."
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