Synonyms for quelch
| Grammar : Verb |
Top 10 synonyms for quelch Other synonyms for the word quelch
- asphyxiate
- bear down
- black out
- blot out
- blow away
- bottle
- censure
- chasten
- check
- collect
- compose
- conquer
- control
- cool
- cork
- curb
- force down
- garrote/garrotte
- gridlock
- hinder
- hold back
- ice
- jam up
- keep in
- keep in check
- keep under wraps
- kill
- lock
- master
- obliterate
- overcome
- overpower
- overwhelm
- quash
- quelch
- quell
- quench
- reduce
- rein
- repress
- restrain
- ruin
- settle
- shush
- silence
- simmer down
- sit on
- smother
- squash
- squelch
- stamp out
- stifle
- strangle
- strangulate
- subdue
- subjugate
- suffocate
- suppress
- swallow
- throttle
- throw cold water on
- thwart
- tie up
- vanquish
- wreck
Définition of quelch
Origin :- 1650s, shortening of squelch, perhaps influenced by quench. Related: Quelched; quelching.
- As in repress : verb keep back, hold in
- As in squelch : verb suppress, restrain
- As in strangle : verb choke, stifle
- As in crush : verb defeating soundly
- There were deeper currents than any he had seen at Gaffer Quelch's school.
- Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting
- The astonishment of Mr Quelch on hearing this knew no bounds.
- Extract from : « Ben Burton » by W. H. G. Kingston
- Tried at Boston with the rest of Quelch's crew in June, 1704.
- Extract from : « The Pirates' Who's Who » by Philip Gosse
- Tried for piracy with the rest of Captain Quelch's crew at Boston.
- Extract from : « The Pirates' Who's Who » by Philip Gosse
- Tried for piracy with the rest of Quelch's crew at Boston in 1704.
- Extract from : « The Pirates' Who's Who » by Philip Gosse
- One of Captain Quelch's crew taken out of the Larimore galley.
- Extract from : « The Pirates' Who's Who » by Philip Gosse
- I came down such a quelch that it knocked all the sense out of me, and my head feels all knocked on one side.
- Extract from : « A Dash from Diamond City » by George Manville Fenn
- Mr Quelch—Will depict a fool who wishes to become a knave, and trusting to one, gets killed by one.
- Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle
- Why, man, Quelch swung there till he rotted and the rope too, and what would I want of his furniture?
- Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn
- He used to be my chum at Quelch's, but he left there a term ago, and went to Garside.
- Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting
Antonyms for quelch
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