break squelch

verb

To end radio silence.

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Meanings

verbbreak squelch (third-person singular simple present breaks squelch, present participle breaking squelch, simple past broke squelch, past participle broken squelch)

present singular third person breaks squelch · participle present breaking squelch · past broke squelch · participle past broken squelch

  1. governmentTo end radio silence.

    I acknowledge yes to Craig, and he broke squelch twice. It was my turn to pull point. I moved slowly and quietly down the path toward the company.

    2013, Dan Rodgers, Call Me Sergeant Rock: How a Boy Becomes a Man in Vietnam, page 238
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    McWilliams and his capsule task force continued with an impressive show. Vehicles moved, different kinds of light flared in the night, radios broke squelch, doors slammed, […]

    1981, Army Trainer, volume 1, number 1, page 37

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with break squelch

welchsquelchbelchspelch
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Chicago

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