verb
- Satisfy (thirst. )
- usage: "The cold water quenched his thirst"
- Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights.
- usage: "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
- synonyms: snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
- Electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge. in a component or device)
- synonyms: quench
- Suppress or crush completely.
- usage: "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
- Reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material. by adding a suitable substance)
- synonyms: quench
- Cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid.
- usage: "quench steel"
- synonyms: quench
adjective
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