squelch

v

1. squash, crush down, mash, smash, smush, ram, crunch, Dial. squish, strike or press forcefully; pulp, masticate, knead; pulverize, granulate, powder; stamp on, fall on, trample on; squeeze, compress, compact, flatten; stuff, cram, crowd, overcrowd, pack.

2. subdue, put down, quell, quash, suppress, repress; overthrow, subvert, overpower, overcome, overwhelm; conquer, vanquish, defeat, topple, cause the downfall of; extinguish, quench, snuff out, kill, stamp out, put out; smother, stifle, strangle, choke; terminate, dissolve, stop, cut short; check, Inf. put the kibosh on, put the lid on, sit on or upon, sit down on, crack down on, clamp down on, shoot down, slap down, smack down; keep down, hold down, keep under; silence, still, hush, shush, muffle, muzzle, quiet; deflate, take the wind out of [s.o.'s] sails, Inf. settle [s.o.'s] hash, take down a peg or two, humiliate.

3. squish, swish, swash, whish, slosh, plash, splash, slush, splotch.

n

4. pulp, mash, mush, pap, paste, squash.

5. squish, swish, swash, whish, slosh, plash, splash, slush, splotch.

6. quelling, quashing, suppression, repression; overthrow, subversion, vanquishment, defeat; termination, dissolution, check; extinguishment, extinction, quenching, killing, smothering, stifling.

7.Informal. retort, riposte, barb, Sl. put-down, comeback, rejoinder, quip, sally.