Squelch

If you squelch the fire with water, the coals will not smolder.

They loyally united in her defence, and sought to squelch the revolter by loftily explaining that the actress turned her back so often to the audience because she had such a noble, generous nature and desired to give the other actors a chance.

Even the king's announcement could not squelch the rumors.

Oh 'twas your luck and mine to be squelched.

If you deceive us you will be squelched.

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.

We believe that Facebook is using privacy as a pretext to squelch research that it considers inconvenient.

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, [...]

The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.