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as in to quell
to put a stop to (something) by the use of force
squashed any effort to reform the country's power structure
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Recent Examples of squash
Mum used whatever kind of squash the sabziwala (vegetable seller) brought that week.
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Romy Gill, Saveur, 22 Oct. 2025
Thus, even if a farmer primarily relied on corn for sustenance and/or trade, planting beans and squash alongside the maize increased the nutritive value of the same area.
—JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
Also in our interview above, the two actors discuss whether the Forefront threat has really been squashed.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2025
Concern over Matthews’ injury woes last season should be squashed.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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Romy Gill, Saveur, 22 Oct. 2025
Thus, even if a farmer primarily relied on corn for sustenance and/or trade, planting beans and squash alongside the maize increased the nutritive value of the same area.
—JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
Also in our interview above, the two actors discuss whether the Forefront threat has really been squashed.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2025
Concern over Matthews’ injury woes last season should be squashed.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for squash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squash
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Not always is a slugger who can mash 50-plus home runs in a season available on the open market, and nearly every team that wants more power in its lineup will be targeting the 32-year-old.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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The album is front of mind for Yorke, who recently worked on the stage production of Hamlet Hail to the Thief (which mashes up the album and the Shakespeare play) and the surprise live album Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003–2009) was released earlier this year.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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There are glimpses of a backstage farce, with Nora trying to use a quickie with her married stage-manager lover (longtime Trier regular Anders Danielsen Lie) to quell a panic attack on opening night, then threatening to bolt.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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The move seemed to surprise Fallon, who naturally tried to quell her tears by shouting at her.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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Wrappers and crushed soda cans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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White people organized a brutal resistance against Black citizenship, deploying violence and terror to crush Reconstruction.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The weight-loss drugs known as glucagon-like peptide-1 drugs, or GLP-1s, suppress the appetite of users, leading to weight loss.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The experimental once-weekly drug, eloralintide, belongs to the class of drugs that mimic the pancreatic hormone amylin which slows digestion and suppresses hunger.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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Here, traditional saa paper is made by hand from the bark of mulberry trees: soaked, pulped, and pressed into delicate sheets embedded with local flowers and leaves.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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There is enough current in the lakes to float logs, and there was pulping activity somewhere above us.—
Robeson Bailey,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2025
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After a promising opening drive, Young was largely subdued in a game where the opposing defense was sold out on the run.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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Video shared with the Herald showed Jaramillo trying to subdue Rustrian on the ground, the pair rolling around in the grass.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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As an architectural blacksmith, Guillory favored Japanese denim jeans—a balance of craftsmanship and professionalism—for client meetings squeezed between long days welding staircases and chandeliers.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Nov. 2025
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But their arrival has coincided with a spike in housing prices, which has squeezed many locals out of the market.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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Now the government is out to quash this plague of poor decision making.—
David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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Under his order, Abrego Garcia must respond to the government’s motion to quash the Blanche subpoena by Wednesday, with a DOJ reply due by noon on Thursday.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Squash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squash. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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