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Synonyms for quench
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Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 3 votes

  1. quench, slake, allay, assuageverb

    satisfy (thirst)

    "The cold water quenched his thirst"

    Synonyms:
    mollify, conciliate, quell, blow out, relieve, squelch, lenify, placate, appease, assuage, gruntle, palliate, abate, ease, allay, pacify, extinguish, alleviate, snuff out, slake, slack, still, gentle

  2. snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quenchverb

    put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

    "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

    Synonyms:
    quell, stub out, eliminate, press out, squelch, blow out, wipe out, allay, decimate, get rid of, burn out, carry off, assuage, crush out, annihilate, extinguish, snuff out, slake, blow, do away with, eradicate

  3. quenchverb

    electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

    Synonyms:
    snuff out, allay, blow out, slake, squelch, quell, assuage, extinguish

  4. squelch, quell, quenchverb

    suppress or crush completely

    "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"

    Synonyms:
    quell, blow out, squelch, stay, allay, crush, assuage, appease, splosh, squeeze, snuff out, slake, extinguish, mash, squish, squash, slop, splash, slosh

  5. quenchverb

    reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance

    Synonyms:
    snuff out, allay, blow out, slake, squelch, quell, assuage, extinguish

  6. quenchverb

    cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid

    "quench steel"

    Synonyms:
    snuff out, allay, blow out, slake, squelch, quell, assuage, extinguish

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. quenchverb

    Synonyms:
    extinguish, put out

  2. quenchverb

    Synonyms:
    destroy, still, stifle, repress, check, suppress, put an end to

  3. quenchverb

    Synonyms:
    allay, slake, cool

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.5 / 2 votes

  1. quenchverb

    Synonyms:
    slake, extinguish, stifle, suppress

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "quench":

    slake, extinction, extinguishment, buffer, cooling

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  1. List of known nicknames for "Quench":

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How to use quench in a sentence?

  1. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    trench town is my waterhole from which I shall drink of africa to quench my thirst. many good things and people came out of trench town and I am here to tell the world that truth.

  2. AiR Atman in Ravi:

    Desire is like a fire ... In the end it makes us burst. And thought we achieve what we want, it will never Quench our thirst.

  3. The Hitopadesa:

    A hundred long leagues is no distance for him who would quench the thirst of covetousness; but a contented mind has no solicitude for grasping wealth.

  4. Georges Bernanos:

    I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.

  5. AiR Atman in Ravi:

    Desire is like a fire…In the end it makes us burst. And though we achieve what we want, it will never Quench our thirst.


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