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squelch
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squelch
Electronics a circuit that cuts off the audio-frequency amplifier of a radio receiver in the absence of an input signal, in order to suppress background noise

squelch [skwelch]
(electronics)
To automatically quiet a receiver by reducing its gain in response to a specified characteristic of the input.


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Givhan should realize that there is a danger that your own tastelessness will be revealed in the process--and that the worst targets for put-downs are unpretentious people like Miers and the Alitos.
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He is wooing Wall Street with uncharacteristic eagerness and even sounds contrite when discussing his put-down of Katzenberg as a ``midget.
 
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