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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
quench    Audio Help   [kwench] Pronunciation Key
–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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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  quench
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  allay, alleviate, destroy, douse, extinguish, quell, satisfy, slake, smother, squelch, stifle, suppress
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  extinguish
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To cause to stop burning or giving light.
Synonyms:  douse, put out, snuff out
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  repress
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check.
Synonyms:  burke, choke, gag, hold back, hold down, hush, muffle, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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