break squelch

English

Verb

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

  1. (military) To end radio silence.
    • 1981, Army Trainer (volume 1, issue 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.
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