quenched
- v satisfy (thirst)
The cold water quenched his thirst - v put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- v electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
- v suppress or crush completely
- v reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
- v cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
- s allayed
his thirst quenched he was able to continue - s subdued or overcome
an uprising quenched almost before it started
- The persecutions of camp life have not quenched the spirit of Daniel and Ginzburg.
- But as firemen in riot-ravaged Miami quenched the last embers of blazes that had reduced scores of business buildings to charred shells, as street crews hosed off the blood of .
- By the time autumn rains finally quenched the fires, some 1 million acres had gone up in smoke.