Tempers
quench |kwen(t)SH|
verb [with object]
1 satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking.
• satisfy (a desire): he only pursued her to quench an aching need.
2 extinguish (a fire): firemen hauled on hoses in a desperate bid to quench the flames.
• stifle or suppress (a feeling): fury rose in him, but he quenched it.
• rapidly cool (red-hot metal or other material), especially in cold water or oil.
• Physics & Electronics suppress or damp (an effect such as luminescence, or an oscillation or discharge).
noun
an act of quenching something very hot.
DERIVATIVES
quenchable |ˈkwen(t)SHəb(ə)l| adjective.
quencher |ˈkwen(t)SHər| noun(chiefly Physics & Metallurgy).
quenchless adjective( literary)
ORIGIN
Old English -cwencan (in acwencan ‘put out, extinguish’), of Germanic origin.
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