- present tense form of squelch (3rd person singular).
squelches
Example Sentences
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What crushes confidence is uncertainty that squelches investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
But for the most part, this being a show about the possibilities of even the most minimal stage, a minimal stage makes an apt enough setting, and the style enhances more than it squelches.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
Antiretroviral treatment squelches HIV reproduction but sensitive tests show that even with the most effective treatments, small populations of white blood cells studded with the CD4 receptor harbor HIV’s DNA in a latent state.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 3, 2022
“To end any of that suspicion, if you have the means to do so, it squelches a lot of that if you get someone who comes in and has an opposing view.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2019
It never squelches a folly at its commencement.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
