Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squelch \Squelch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squelched}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Squelching}.] [Cf. prov. E. quelch a blow, and quel to
   crush, to kill.]
   To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.]

         Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. --Beau. &
                                                  Fl.

         If you deceive us you will be squelched. --Carlyle.