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[kwench]

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verb (used with object)

to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).

to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).

to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.

to subdue or destroy; overcome; quell: to quench an uprising.

Electronics. to terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English quenchen, earlier cwenken; compare Old English -cwencan in ācwencan to quench (compare a-³)

Related forms

quench·a·ble, adjective

quench·a·ble·ness, noun

quench·er, noun

un·quench·a·ble, adjective

un·quenched, adjective

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Example Sentences

For emergencies, the scanners have so-called quench buttons that expel the liquid helium that powers the magnets.

Yet a better fire code in future may not quench today's fire.

But the ten boatloads of water are costly and will quench the city's thirst for only a few months.

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For emergencies, the scanners have so-called quench buttons that expel the liquid helium that powers the magnets.

Yet a better fire code in future may not quench today's fire.

But the ten boatloads of water are costly and will quench the city's thirst for only a few months.

Someday, it could quench the semiconductor industry's thirst for ever-shrinking components.

See the sidebar for three ways to quench your bloodthirst.

In many of the versions the body has been changed almost past recognition, but the spirit is hard to quench.

One effect of the intense magnetic field would be to quench radio pulses.

These permanent pools of life-giving water quench the thirst of leopards, ostriches, and gazelles.

Bisbee likes his whisky, which he seems to drink to quench his thirst rather than stimulate his tired nerves.

Nor has it done much to quench their thirst for revenge.

The pressurized water extinguisher can be used to quench small areas of flame during the search for victims.

Nor will it do much to quench their thirst for revenge.

Quench your thirst for craft beers at specialty pubs.

Can the smell of gunpowder quench the desire for a taste of butter.

The rodents are drawn by the warm engine, and perhaps want to quench their thirst on windshield wiper fluid.

These rods, made of neutron-absorbing materials such as boron, mop up excess neutrons and quench the chain reaction.

Sea water is abundant, but drinking it won't quench your thirst unless you use a little scientific magic to make it potable.

It's sad to think that education regarding the inefficacy of rhino horn won't quench the alternative medicine market.

Bush's prescription would do nothing to address climate change or quench the thirst for oil.

But hikers may instead want to quench their thirst with local wines:.

If you're still in diapers this movie might quench your thirst.

Quench it not with the contrary winds of oppression and tyranny.

They derive a thrill from their crime or quench a thirst that has nothing to do with the world's problems.

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World English Dictionary

quench (kwɛntʃ)

—vb
1.	to satisfy (one's thirst, desires, etc); slake
2.	to put out (a fire, flame, etc); extinguish
3.	to put down or quell; suppress: to quench a rebellion
4.	to cool (hot metal) by plunging it into cold water
5.	physics to reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
6.	electronics
	a. to suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit
	b. to suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

[Old English ācwencan to extinguish; related to Old Frisian quinka to vanish]

'quenchable

—*adj*

'quencher

—n

'quenchless

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

quench

O.E. acwencan "to quench" (of fire, light), from P.Gmc. *cwandjan, probably a causative form of root of O.E. cwincan "to go out, be extinguished," O.Fris. kwinka.

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