squelch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of squelch

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to squelch
Participle: squelched
Gerund: squelching

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Isquelch
yousquelch
he;she;itsquelches
wesquelch
yousquelch
theysquelch

Perfect

Ihave squelched
youhave squelched
he;she;ithas squelched
wehave squelched
youhave squelched
theyhave squelched

Past

Isquelched
yousquelched
he;she;itsquelched
wesquelched
yousquelched
theysquelched

Pluperfect

Ihad squelched
youhad squelched
he;she;ithad squelched
wehad squelched
youhad squelched
theyhad squelched

Future

Iwill squelch
youwill squelch
he;she;itwill squelch
wewill squelch
youwill squelch
theywill squelch

Future Perfect

Iwill have squelched
youwill have squelched
he;she;itwill have squelched
wewill have squelched
youwill have squelched
theywill have squelched

Subjunctive

Present

Isquelch
yousquelch
he;she;itsquelch
wesquelch
yousquelch
theysquelch

Perfect

Ihave squelched
youhave squelched
he;she;ithave squelched
wehave squelched
youhave squelched
theyhave squelched

Imperfect

Isquelched
yousquelched
he;she;itsquelched
wesquelched
yousquelched
theysquelched

Pluperfect

Ihad squelched
youhad squelched
he;she;ithad squelched
wehad squelched
youhad squelched
theyhad squelched

Conditional

Present

Iwould squelch
youwould squelch
he;she;itwould squelch
wewould squelch
youwould squelch
theywould squelch

Perfect

Iwould have squelched
youwould have squelched
he;she;itwould have squelched
wewould have squelched
youwould have squelched
theywould have squelched

Imperative

yousquelch
weLet's squelch
yousquelch

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam squelching
youare squelching
he;she;itis squelching
weare squelching
youare squelching
theyare squelching

Perfect

Ihave been squelching
youhave been squelching
he;she;ithas been squelching
wehave been squelching
youhave been squelching
theyhave been squelching

Past

Iwas squelching
youwere squelching
he;she;itwas squelching
wewere squelching
youwere squelching
theywere squelching

Pluperfect

Ihad been squelching
youhad been squelching
he;she;ithad been squelching
wehad been squelching
youhad been squelching
theyhad been squelching

Future

Iwill be squelching
youwill be squelching
he;she;itwill be squelching
wewill be squelching
youwill be squelching
theywill be squelching

Future Perfect

Iwill have been squelching
youwill have been squelching
he;she;itwill have been squelching
wewill have been squelching
youwill have been squelching
theywill have been squelching

Conditional

Present

Iwould be squelching
youwould be squelching
he;she;itwould be squelching
wewould be squelching
youwould be squelching
theywould be squelching

Perfect

Iwould have been squelching
youwould have been squelching
he;she;itwould have been squelching
wewould have been squelching
youwould have been squelching
theywould have been squelching

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'squelch'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'squelch'

quelch, queach, quench, quetch, spelch, squinch, belch, culch, dequench, felch,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material
blue-pencil, cancel, clear, cross out, eliminate, erase, exclude, expunge, obliterate, remove, rub out, score, scrap, scratch, scrub, strike, strike out, terminate, delete

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a blend of squash + quell + quench. Compare also English squolsh, English squoosh.

Sample Sentences

  • Even the king's announcement could not squelch the rumors.
  • Oh 'twas your luck and mine to be squelched. [c. 1615–1616, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher, “The Nice Valour, or, The Passionate Mad-man”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene i:]
  • If you deceive us you will be squelched. [1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:]
  • The party’s dominant right wing squelched not only Sherman’s hopes for an early convention, but may have also put the MLA out of contention for the leadership. [1982 December 11, Frances Russell, “Economic performance buoys Pawley’s position”, in The Vancouver Sun (The Weekend Sun), Vancouver, BC, page A6:]
  • We believe that Facebook is using privacy as a pretext to squelch research that it considers inconvenient. [2021 August 10, Laura Edelson, Damon McCoy, “We Research Misinformation on Facebook. It Just Disabled Our Accounts.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
  • The mud squelched underfoot; it had been raining all night.
  • [After they both fell into the lake.] Reaching the mainland some moments later and squelching back to the house, accompanied by Bobbie, like a couple of Napoleons squelching back from Moscow, [...] [1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:]
  • The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.