1. Subdued or overcome
   "a squelched rumour";
   - quelled, quenched

1. Make a sucking sound
   "His boots squelched in the mud"
    
2. Use force to compress, making out of normal shape or condition
   "squelch an aluminium can";
   - squash, crush, mash, squeeze, squidge [informal], squish [informal]
    
3. Walk through mud or mire
   "We had to squelch across the wet meadow";
   - squish, splash, splosh [informal], slosh, slop
    
4. [informal] Suppress or crush completely
   "squelch any sign of dissent";
   - quell, quench

See also: squashed, suppressed

Type of: conquer, footslog, go, pad, plod, press, slog, sound, stamp down, subdue, suppress, tramp, trog [Brit, informal], tromp [N. Amer, informal], trudge

Encyclopedia: Squelch