Squelched

SQUELCHED

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)
squelched adj 1: subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor" [syn: quelled, quenched, squelched]

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.