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quench

  [kwench]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
2. to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
3. to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
4. to subdue or destroy; overcome; quell: to quench an uprising.
5. Electronics. to terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME quenchen, earlier cwenken; cf. OE -cwencan in ācwencan to quench (cf. a- 3 )

Related forms:
quench⋅a⋅ble, adjective
quench⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
quencher, noun
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un·quench·a·ble   (ŭn-kwěn'chə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Impossible to slake or satisfy: unquenchable thirst.

  2. Impossible to suppress or destroy: unquenchable enthusiasm.

un·quench'a·bly adv.
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