squelch

1. V-T If you squelch something, you stop it from developing or succeeding. 壓制; 鎮壓

The company increased its stake in the business, squelching rumours of a takeover bid. 該公司增加了其在生意中的股份，這樣就壓制住了被收購的謠言。

2. V-I To squelch means to make a wet, sucking sound, like the sound you make when you are walking on wet, muddy ground. 發吧唧聲; 發撲哧聲

He squelched across the turf. 他撲哧撲哧地走過草皮。