Quench

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Verb

quench

1. to satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst

   The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.

2. to put out (as a fire or light)

   Then the MacManus went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it.

   -- Saul Bellow

Translations

• French: apaiser, étancher (1)
• German: stillen (1)

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