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Yes, squelch is playable

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"Squelch" Definition

noun

A crushing reply.
A squishing sound.
An electric circuit that cuts off a radio receiver when the signal is too weak for reception of anything but noise.
The act of suppressing.
A retort that silences an opponent.

verb

To splash through water, slush, or mire.
To emit a sucking sound.
To fall or stamp on so as to crush.
To completely suppress .
To emit or move with a sucking sound.

verb-transitive

To crush by or as if by trampling; squash.
To put down or silence, as with a crushing retort: squelch a rumor.
To suppress or inhibit: a protein that squelches gene transcription.

verb-intransitive

To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.

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