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break squelch

break squelch verb: to end radio silence.

Verb

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

  1. To end radio silence.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of break squelch

third-person singular presentbreaks squelch
present participlebreaking squelch
pastbroke squelch
past participlebroken squelch

Words that rhyme with break squelch

Questions about break squelch

What does break squelch mean?
Break squelch means to end radio silence.
What part of speech is break squelch?
Break squelch is a verb.
What is the past tense of break squelch?
The past tense of break squelch is broke squelch.

Words near break squelch in the dictionary

  1. break silence
  2. break someone's back
  3. break someone's balls
  4. break someone's face
  5. break someone's heart
  6. break squelch
  7. break stride
  8. break the back of
  9. break the bank
  10. break the buck
  11. break the cycle

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