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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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squelched

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈskwɛltʃt/

To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force

In a Sentence

“Even the king’s announcement could not squelch the rumors.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. squelchedany squelchedsquelched quickly
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Synonyms

quashsuppressedquelledquenched

Antonyms

unsquelched

Related Words

squushybum squabbledbumsquabbledsquashingsquawky

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