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third-person singular simple present quelches, present participle quelching, simple past and past participle quelched
(transitive) To squelch; to eliminate. quotations examples
We are proud to have had a part in quelching the evil ideologies that brought so much suffering to mankind.
2013, Col. John H. Roush, Jr., World War II Reminiscences, page 450
(dialect, intransitive) To make a squelching sound. examples
plural quelches
(dialectal) A blow; a bang. examples