Synonyms for quench
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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

Matched Categories

1. • Cool
   • Physics
   • Reduce
   • Satisfy
   • Suppress

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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 WordsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. quenchverb

   Synonyms:
   slake, extinguish, stifle, suppress

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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. Vincent Van Gogh:

   Do not quench your inspiration and your inmagination do not become the slave of your model.

2. 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.

3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   I was the first to create a youth group and club to focus on the education of youths in trench town and surrounding areas. this was in 1963 while I was still a student at-st. georges college- high school. trench town will always be my water hole from which I shall drink of africa to quench my thirstthis is also one of my many original quotes.

4. Marcus Aureluis, Meditations, Book nine:

   Erase fancy; curb impulse; quench desire; let sovereign reason have the mastery.

5. 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.