Did you by any chance mean squelch?
Examples
“That led to a tendency for heckler’s veto, which was opposed on the basis that the visiting rugby sides had the right to not have their expression squelched by crowd control concerns.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Freedom of Speech and Symbolic Expression:
“Shelley ordered the edition to be "squelched," but nearly a hundred copies had already been issued; and this fact, so maddening to the poet, may yet rejoice the collector of rare books.”
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873
“The Southern nullifiers, who had been "squelched" by General Jackson, began to revive under the more genial rule of Mr. Van Buren, and they established an "organ" called the Washington _Chronicle_.”
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis
“Seward he would have "squelched" it there also, it never occurred to him to breathe a word against Pryor.”
“If the debate here were "squelched", then all opinions that were counter to the one would be removed.”
“But Gardenhire said his desire to call up reinforcements was "squelched" by the front office.”
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“a chance to be in New York and meet Seward he would have 'squelched' it there also, it never occurred to him to breathe a word against Pryor.”
“Whereas Congo Square rocked and infused soul into the sweaty bodies that came every Sunday afternoon, Jackson Square squelched the human spirit and sometimes took away the life of our ancestral people.”
“When he got an odd look of alarm on his face, she felt a twinge of guilt, then squelched it.”
“Nationalities that had been squelched and assimilated by the russian—and then Soviet—occupiers were now bursting out.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘squelched’.
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Creative Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like what they mean, but they're not *technically* onomatopoetic.
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reesetee It's on your Creative Onomatopoeia list page, c_b. :-)
*still trying to come up with something other than "squelch"* Jan 3, 2008
chained_bear I seem to recall having a conversation with someone about just this sort of thing... was it on the sphagnum page? No, that wasn't it. It involved the word sphagnum though... I remember talking to yarb a bit about how I never knew sphagnum actually squelched, since I've only ever seen it in stores among supplies for people who enjoy potted plants. Jan 3, 2008
bilby Speaking of which, I need a colourful bit of onomatopoeia for a foot squelching in mud. Squelch is not bad but in the name of mud I am prepared to countenance suggestions. Jan 3, 2008
reesetee It's fun to say repeatedly, too. Squelched. Squelched. Squelched. Jan 3, 2008
chained_bear This has to be one of the longest one-syllable, commonly used words. In English.
On Tuesdays. Jan 3, 2008