{"loaderData":{"0":null,"0-5":[{"type":"wordpress/fetchEditorialNotes/rejected","meta":{"arg":{"word":"squelched"},"requestId":"qMwc4yvTEZoWouvykbzsS","rejectedWithValue":false,"requestStatus":"rejected","aborted":false,"condition":false},"error":{"name":"SyntaxError","message":"Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0","stack":"SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0\n at JSON.parse ()\n at Response.json (node:internal/deps/undici/undici:1817:21)\n at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n at async /app/server.js:389:13314"}},{"type":"fetchPageData/fulfilled","payload":{"_id":"home-legacy","story":{"created_at":"2023-07-04T15:14:18.526Z","published_at":"2024-05-02T04:05:00.000Z","content":{"heroModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/their-vs-there-vs-theyre/","text":"Read more.","target":"_self"}],"article":{"name":"\"Their\" vs. \"There\" vs. \"They're\": What's the Difference?","content":{"topicLabel":"Commonly confused"}},"imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/featured/hero/their-vs-there-vs-theyre-whats-the-difference-20241120.png","description":"Unsure about when to use \"their,\" \"there,\" or \"they're\"? Clear up the confusion with these handy tips.","subjectLabel":"Today"}],"quizModule":[{"cta":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/learn/quizzes","text":"Go to all quizzes","target":"_self"}],"image":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-quiz.png","articleLink":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/parenting-buzzwords-quiz","text":"Take the full quiz.","target":"_self"}],"subjectLabel":"Quiz","wordpressSlug":"parenting-buzzwords-quiz","questionNumber":"3"}],"xotdModule":[],"gamesModule":[{"gamesList":[{"name":"Daily Crossword","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:24:23.318Z","published_at":"2024-02-07T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141299,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/crossword/","text":"Daily Crossword","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215805,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/daily-crossword.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":""},"slug":"daily-crossword","full_slug":"games/daily-crossword","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"013f4974-3fad-4e2b-8aa2-c573ef31f263","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:55.972Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Hurdle","created_at":"2023-07-07T20:42:46.109Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":337835996,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/todays-hurdle","text":"Hurdle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215808,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/hurdle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/hurdle"},"slug":"hurdle","full_slug":"games/hurdle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-30,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3342f4e9-9403-4609-a956-7cd5eab50dc9","first_published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:55.648Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Puzzle","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:31:56.964Z","published_at":"2023-07-10T17:24:59.422Z","id":336150578,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-puzzle","text":"Word Puzzle","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215807,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-puzzle.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false}},"slug":"word-puzzle","full_slug":"games/word-puzzle","sort_by_date":null,"position":-20,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"71792320-7229-4ab6-8558-b3af16f5e557","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:43.933Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true},{"name":"Word Wipe","created_at":"2023-07-04T15:28:02.623Z","published_at":"2024-02-06T05:05:00.000Z","id":336141320,"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://play.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe","text":"Word Wipe","target":"_self"}],"image":{"id":10215806,"alt":"","name":"","focus":"","title":"","source":"","filename":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/word-wipe.png","copyright":"","fieldtype":"asset","meta_data":{},"is_external_url":false},"subscriberLink":"https://www.dictionary.com/games/word-wipe"},"slug":"word-wipe","full_slug":"games/word-wipe","sort_by_date":null,"position":-10,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140985,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"3789fc63-90b3-4407-99f4-fa263d1a3e39","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T15:32:50.947Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null,"_stopResolving":true}],"description":"Calling all cruciverbalists! Sharpen your mind with crosswords and word games, or take a brain break with your favorite classic games.","subjectLabel":"Games"}],"commonModule":[],"ribbonModule":[],"trendingModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/onto-vs-on-to/","text":"\"Onto\" vs. \"On To\": What's the Difference?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/that-vs-which/","text":"\"That\" vs. \"Which\": When Do You Use Each?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/scrabble/","text":"What Was Scrabble's Original Name?"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.thesaurus.com/e/ways-to-say/list-of-vegetables/","text":"This List of Vegetables Is No Small Potatoes"}]}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/imbed-vs-embed/","text":"\"Imbed\" vs. \"Embed\": What's the Difference?"}]}}],"subjectLabel":"Trending"}],"newsletterModule":[{"title":"Salutations, logophile!","imageUrl":"https://assets.dictionary.com/home/newsletter.png","description":"Sign up to get everything a word lover could want: word origins, fun facts, and the latest language trends.","subjectLabel":"Newsletter"}],"largeRibbonModule":[],"recirculationModule":[{"articles":[{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/context-clues/","text":"What Are Context Clues?"}],"topicLabel":"🔎"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/meteor-vs-asteroid-vs-comet/","text":"Meteor vs. Asteroid vs. Comet: What's the Difference?"}],"topicLabel":"Space ☄️"}},{"content":{"link":[{"url":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/octopuses-or-octopi/","text":"Should You Say \"Octopuses\" Or \"Octopi\"?"}],"topicLabel":"Plurals"}}],"subjectLabel":"Featured"}]},"slug":"shared-homepage","full_slug":"homepages/shared-homepage","sort_by_date":null,"position":0,"tag_list":[],"is_startpage":false,"parent_id":336140983,"meta_data":null,"group_id":"c7ed375b-9129-448c-aeec-9f52e3fef270","first_published_at":"2023-07-04T18:23:43.845Z","release_id":null,"lang":"default","path":null,"alternates":[],"default_full_slug":null,"translated_slugs":null}},"meta":{"requestId":"gaZgHb_Hcvveq77lv_8eH","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchWordsNearby/fulfilled","payload":{"data":null},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"squelched"},"requestId":"1dyywKsabPj5xg2B_9FtV","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"nlp":[{"id":"6664630-25","sentence":"The Senate provided guidelines, such as making clear that statements represented faculty members or groups and not the university and ensuring that minority or dissenting views are not squelched.","source":{"source_name":"Los Angeles Times","sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2024-07-17T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2024-07-17T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-17/uc-regents-move-to-ban-anti-israel-views-other-political-opinion-on-university-home-pages","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Teresa Watanabe","title":"UC regents move to ban views on Israel, other political opinion from university home pages"},"offsets":[185,194]},{"id":"6649738-3","sentence":"The Gestapo was the secret police force of the Third Reich that squelched political opposition generally and, specifically, targeted Jewish people for arrest during the Holocaust.","source":{"source_name":"Seattle Times","sourceName":"Seattle Times","publicationDate":"2024-05-05T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2024-05-05T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-says-biden-is-running-a-gestapo-administration-its-his-latest-reference-to-nazi-germany/","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"BILL BARROW and Lisa Mascaro","title":"Trump says Biden is running a ‘Gestapo’ administration. It’s his latest reference to Nazi Germany"},"offsets":[64,73]},{"id":"6632923-32","sentence":"The Senate provided guidelines, such as making clear statements represented faculty members or groups and not the university and ensuring that minority or dissenting views are not squelched.","source":{"source_name":"Los Angeles Times","sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2024-03-21T04:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2024-03-21T04:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-21/uc-regents-dicuss-tightening-controls-of-opinion-on-campus-websites","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Teresa Watanabe","title":"UC regents debate stricter control of views on Israel and other topics on campus websites"},"offsets":[180,189]},{"id":"6609222-51","sentence":"The Academic Senate provided guidelines, such as making clear the statement represented faculty members or groups and not the university itself and ensuring that minority or dissenting views are not squelched.","source":{"source_name":"Los Angeles Times","sourceName":"Los Angeles Times","publicationDate":"2024-01-26T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2024-01-26T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-26/uc-regents-undocumented-student-hiring","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Teresa Watanabe","title":"Citing risks, UC won't hire its immigrant students without legal status, work permits"},"offsets":[199,208]},{"id":"6578349-4","sentence":"The fabled front was always understood to be window dressing veiling frustrations, squelched desires, and countless other malignancies.","source":{"source_name":"Salon","sourceName":"Salon","publicationDate":"2023-11-21T05:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2023-11-21T05:00:00.000Z","url":"https://www.salon.com/2023/11/21/fargo-review-season-5-fx-minnesota-nice/","abbreviation":"nlp","author":"Melanie McFarland","title":"Making \"Fargo\" great again: The latest season follows a caper in a time when Minnesota nice is dead"},"offsets":[83,92]}],"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"squelched"},"requestId":"LUbHghKiHujDOCzyQVCtP","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchDictionaryResults/fulfilled","payload":{"slugs":[{"entries":[{"__typename":"ThesaurusEntry","headword":{"displayForm":"squelched","slug":"squelched"},"id":"u27e59bea365df506.-410fe1c2.17951aa787d.c59","partOfSpeechGroups":[{"shortDefinitions":[{"synonyms":[{"similarity":100,"targetWord":"crush","targetSlug":"crush"},{"similarity":100,"targetWord":"extinguish","targetSlug":"extinguish"},{"similarity":100,"targetWord":"muffle","targetSlug":"muffle"},{"similarity":100,"targetWord":"oppress","targetSlug":"oppress"},{"similarity":100,"targetWord":"repress","targetSlug":"repress"},{"similarity":100,"targetWord":"smother","targetSlug":"smother"},{"similarity":100,"targetWord":"squash","targetSlug":"squash"},{"similarity":100,"targetWord":"stifle","targetSlug":"stifle"},{"similarity":100,"targetWord":"thwart","targetSlug":"thwart"},{"similarity":50,"targetWord":"censure","targetSlug":"censure"},{"similarity":50,"targetWord":"kill","targetSlug":"kill"},{"similarity":50,"targetWord":"quench","targetSlug":"quench"},{"similarity":50,"targetWord":"settle","targetSlug":"settle"},{"similarity":50,"targetWord":"shush","targetSlug":"shush"},{"similarity":50,"targetWord":"strangle","targetSlug":"strangle"},{"similarity":10,"targetWord":"black out","targetSlug":"black-out"},{"similarity":10,"targetWord":"quelch","targetSlug":"quelch"},{"similarity":10,"targetWord":"sit on","targetSlug":"sit-on"}],"thesRid":"u27e59bea365df506.-410fe1c2.17951aa787d.c5e"}]}]}],"url":"squelched"}]},"meta":{"arg":{"slug":"squelched"},"requestId":"lk5_Mik1jhsQ4K5B432SR","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchResultsData/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"url":"squelch","displayForm":"squelch","canonicalSlug":"squelch","content":[{"source":"luna","entries":[{"id":"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e782fe7.7658","type":"normal","entry":"squelch","entrySyllabified":"squelch","entryVariants":[],"homograph":null,"pronunciation":{"ipa":"skwɛltʃ ","spell":"skwelch ","audio":{"audio/ogg":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/lunawav/S08/S0861100.ogg","audio/mpeg":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/S08/S0861100.mp3"}},"predefinitionContent":"","posBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"order":1,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]},{"order":2,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"to put down, suppress, or silence, as with a crushing retort or argument.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]}],"pos":"verb (used with object)","posSupplementaryInfo":""},{"definitions":[{"order":3,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"to make a splashing sound.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]},{"order":4,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"to tread heavily in water, mud, wet shoes, etc., with such a sound.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]}],"pos":"verb (used without object)","posSupplementaryInfo":""},{"definitions":[{"order":5,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"a squelched or crushed mass of anything.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]},{"order":6,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"a splashing sound.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]},{"order":7,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"an act of squelching or suppressing, as by a crushing retort or argument.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]},{"order":8,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"Also called squelch circuit, noise suppressor. Electronics.","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"a circuit in a receiver, as a radio receiver, that automatically reduces or eliminates noise when the receiver is tuned to a frequency at which virtually no carrier wave occurs.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]}],"pos":"noun","posSupplementaryInfo":""}],"origin":"1610–20; variant of quelch in same sense (perhaps blend of quell and quash); initial s perhaps from squash¹","originData":null,"supplementaryNotes":[],"variantForms":[],"variantSpellings":[],"referenceData":[],"relatedForms":["squelcher, noun","squelch·ing·ly, adverb","squelch·ing·ness, noun","un·squelched, adjective"],"confusables":[]}]},{"source":"collins","entries":[{"id":"aded2ea81.6bfb.1014.b87b.c2803370a23a.1","type":"normal","entry":"squelch","entrySyllabified":null,"entryVariants":"","homograph":null,"pronunciation":{"audio":null,"spell":null,"ipa":"(skwɛltʃ)"},"predefinitionContent":"","posBlocks":[{"pos":"verb","posSupplementaryInfo":"","definitions":[{"order":1,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"(intr)","definition":"to walk laboriously through soft wet material or with wet shoes, making a sucking noise","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":2,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"(intr)","definition":"to make such a noise","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":3,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"(tr)","definition":"to crush completely; squash","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":4,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"(tr) informal","definition":"to silence, as by a crushing retort","postdefinitionContent":""}]},{"pos":"noun","posSupplementaryInfo":"","definitions":[{"order":5,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","definition":"a squelching sound","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":6,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","definition":"something that has been squelched","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":7,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"electronics","definition":"a circuit that cuts off the audio-frequency amplifier of a radio receiver in the absence of an input signal, in order to suppress background noise","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":8,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"informal","definition":"a crushing remark","postdefinitionContent":""}]}],"origin":"C17: of imitative origin","supplementaryNotes":[],"variantForms":[],"referenceData":[],"relatedForms":[],"derivedForms":["squelcher, noun","squelching, adjective","squelchy, adjective"]}]}],"nearbyWordOrdinal":146890,"index-rank-01":["squelch","squelch"],"index-rank-02":[],"index-rank-03":["squelch circuit"],"index-rank-04":["squelch's","squelched","squelches","squelches'","squelching"],"index-rank-05":["squelch circuit's","squelch circuits","squelch circuits'"],"index-rank-06":[],"index-rank-07":[],"index-rank-08":[],"index-rank-09":["squelcher","squelchingly","squelchingness","unsquelched"],"index-rank-10":["more unsquelched","most unsquelched","squelcher's","squelchers","squelchers'","squelchingness'","squelchingness's","squelchingnesses","squelchingnesses'"],"index-rank-11":[],"index-rank-12":[],"index-rank-13":[],"index-rank-14":[],"index-rank-15":[],"tunaSlug":"squelch","isFeaturedMetaSlug":false}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"squelched"},"requestId":"IH-zIesszWWrflfLrWfQB","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"luna":["squelch","Tehuelche","belcher","churched","fetched","perched","pouched","quelea","sequelize","snatched"],"tuna":["squelched","squelches","quenched","squelch","quelch","squeaked","squealed","squeezed","squench","beached","beseeched"],"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"squelch","slug":"squelch"},{"displayForm":"Tehuelche","slug":"tehuelche"},{"displayForm":"belcher","slug":"belcher"},{"displayForm":"churched","slug":"churched"},{"displayForm":"fetched","slug":"fetched"},{"displayForm":"perched","slug":"perched"},{"displayForm":"pouched","slug":"pouched"},{"displayForm":"quelea","slug":"quelea"},{"displayForm":"sequelize","slug":"sequelize"},{"displayForm":"snatched","slug":"snatched"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"squelched","slug":"squelched"},{"displayForm":"squelches","slug":"squelches"},{"displayForm":"quenched","slug":"quenched"},{"displayForm":"squelch","slug":"squelch"},{"displayForm":"quelch","slug":"quelch"},{"displayForm":"squeaked","slug":"squeaked"},{"displayForm":"squealed","slug":"squealed"},{"displayForm":"squeezed","slug":"squeezed"},{"displayForm":"squench","slug":"squench"},{"displayForm":"beached","slug":"beached"},{"displayForm":"beseeched","slug":"beseeched"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"squelched"},"requestId":"DB6OE53v6oqIYYNzjOFDt","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

Did you mean squelch?