break squelch
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- Rhymes: -ɛltʃ
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break squelch (third-person singular simple present breaks squelch, present participle breaking squelch, simple past broke squelch, past participle broken squelch)
- (military) To end radio silence.
- 1981, Army Trainer, volume 1, number 1, page 37:
- 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, […]
- 2013, Dan Rodgers, Call Me Sergeant Rock: How a Boy Becomes a Man in Vietnam, page 238:
- 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.