quench

quench
quenchable, adj.quenchableness, n.quencher, n.
/kwench/, v.t.
1. to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
2. to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
3. to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
4. to subdue or destroy; overcome; quell: to quench an uprising.
5. Electronics. to terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
[1150-1200; ME quenchen, earlier cwenken; cf. OE -cwencan in acwencan to quench (cf. A-3)]

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