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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
Pueblo cooks use corn, beans, and squash, as well as wild onions, mushrooms, purslane, and juniper.
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Michael Shaikh
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Marchand just won his second Cup with the Florida Panthers, squashing the Leafs along the way with three goals and eight points in a seven-game second-round win.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 June 2025
But that decades-old business paradigm was squashed in 2020 by a successful reform campaign waged by the Writers Guild of America, asseting that the whole system was rife with conflicts of interest.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 June 2025
There's also Malabar shrimp ($25.95) and a vegetarian korma with chickpeas and squash ($22.95).
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
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Michael Shaikh
june 25, Literary Hub, 25 June 2025
Marchand just won his second Cup with the Florida Panthers, squashing the Leafs along the way with three goals and eight points in a seven-game second-round win.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 June 2025
But that decades-old business paradigm was squashed in 2020 by a successful reform campaign waged by the Writers Guild of America, asseting that the whole system was rife with conflicts of interest.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 June 2025
There's also Malabar shrimp ($25.95) and a vegetarian korma with chickpeas and squash ($22.95).
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squash
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Trent Grisham also mashed a three-run shot off the right-field foul pole to give the Bombers what looked like a commanding 9-4 lead.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
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The crossover continues a recent popular industry trend of mashing up characters from different franchises and universes.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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While Warren Buffett, the chairman of BNSF parent Berkshire Hathaway, shot down the Goldman speculation, that hasn’t quelled chatter that CSX may be in the railroad’s crosshairs as an acquisition target.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
28 July 2025
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In order to try and quell the escalation, former Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra rang Hun Manet’s father, Hun Sen to soothe tensions.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
28 July 2025
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Schwarber crushed a first-pitch sweeper, hitting the ball nearly to the right-field concourse, for the two-run home run in the third.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
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To obtain the copper ore, Resolution, which is owned by multinational firms Rio Tinto and BHP, will use a method known as block cave mining in which tunnels are drilled beneath the ore body, and then collapsed, leaving the ore to be moved to a crushing facility.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
30 July 2025
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Past research, Jansen notes, has found that cannabis can suppress the immune system through its active compounds: CBD, THC and other minor cannabinoids.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Sandra Lynn Hemme filed the suit Thursday, which accuses investigators of fabricating evidence, coercing a false confession and suppressing evidence that could have proven her innocence.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
25 July 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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Along with other bystanders, Perry helped subdue the perpetrator, whom officials identified as 42-year-old Bradford James Gille.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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The stabbing rampage that took place Saturday, July 26, left 11 people injured before onlookers, one of them apparently armed with a handgun, subdued the suspect in the parking lot outside the store just before police arrived, police said.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
29 July 2025
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When cold fronts and other weather systems come along, that moisture can get wrung out, like squeezing a water-laden sponge, yielding heavy and often highly localized downpours.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
20 July 2025
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Capitalism, which generously expanded classical recording, could abruptly squeeze it, even destroy it.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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But on Tuesday, the former president made a rare exception, putting out a statement to quash the rhetoric.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
24 July 2025
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Now, those publications and others have been removed from the DCS website in an effort to quash examples of diversity, equity and inclusion in government.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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“Squash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squash. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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