SQUELCHED Synonyms

• beaten or overcome; not victorious

• people who are defeated

• disappointingly unsuccessful

• of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement

• in a softened tone

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy

• win a victory over

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome

• subdued or overcome

• characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions

• reduced to silence

• held in check with difficulty

• completely covered

• held in check with difficulty

• in a softened tone

• restrained in style or quality

• quieted and brought under control

• not brilliant or glaring

• lacking in light; not bright or harsh

• kept from public knowledge by various means

• manifesting or subjected to suppression

• held in check with difficulty

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• get rid of as if by submerging

• die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

• kill by submerging in water

• be covered with or submerged in a liquid

• be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• put down by force or intimidation

• declare invalid

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• a crushing remark

• an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise

• leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

• a dense crowd of people

• temporary love of an adolescent

• the act of crushing

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• break into small pieces

• humiliate or depress completely

• crush or bruise

• make ineffective

• become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

• a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing

• mixture of ground animal feeds

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading