Antonyms for quench
kwɛntʃquench

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

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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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. quenchverb

   Synonyms:
   slake, extinguish, stifle, suppress

How to use quench in a sentence?

1. Marcus Aureluis, Meditations, Book nine:

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

2. Igor Astsaturov:

   Obviously, this finding signals again and again that healthy lifestyle is the key to cancer-free life, regardless of the cause, it is easy enough to quench the thirst with water to stay fit and healthy.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. John Donne:

   He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

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