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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search
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quench
verb
(
quench, es
)
To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
The library
quenched
her thirst for knowledge.
To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)
Then the MacManus
?
went down. The sudden of the white light was how I knew it.
-- Saul Bellow
To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
The swordsmith
quenched
the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.
Translations:
French: apaiser, étancher
German: stillen
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