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• v  satisfy (thirst)
• v  make less active or intense
• v  cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

• It is the first of many shipments of drinking water that form part of a program to slake the thirst of this drought-plagued city.
• He had cut one wrist, tried to slake his thirst with his own blood.
• It is the first of many shipments of drinking water that form part of a program to slake the thirst of this drought-plagued city.

• quench
• allay
• assuage
• abate
• slack

News & Articles

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• Wine recommendations from across the globe
  Here are selections from France, Austria, California and Washington that will slake your thirst this summer. In recent weeks I've recommended roses from Spain and Greece. You can also find tasty roses from elsewhere; remember, rose may have a traditional home around the Mediterranean, but good rose can be made anywhere.
  June 15, 2013 - Kingston Daily Freeman

Quotes

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• Vice President Dick Cheney in Online Journal
  To his own question of "Where is the oil going to come from to slake the world's ever-growing thirst," Cheney answered, "The Middle East, with two-thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies."