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Quenching   /kwˈɛntʃɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Quench  v. t.  (past & past part. quenched; pres. part. quenching)  
1.
To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc. "Ere our blood shall quench that fire." "The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her infamy."
2.
To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.
Synonyms: To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check.


Quench  v. i.  To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool. (R.) "Dost thou think in time She will not quench!"





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"Quenching" Quotes from Famous Books



... trial; whether there was any penalty attached to the taking of another man's name; precisely what Drew would do with him if captured; and the tail of his eye was on the thicket as he made this inquiry. It may be surmised that I took an exquisite delight in quenching this new-born thirst for knowledge. And finally we all went into ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... are caused by the dragon Rahu attempting to swallow up the moon. The origin of their hostility is given in a passage quoted by Mr. Wilkins from the Mahabharata, in his notes to the Bhagavat-Gita:—"And so it fell out that when the Soors were quenching their thirst for immortality, Rahu, an Asoor, assumed the form of a Soor, and begun to drink also; and the water had but reached his throat, when the sun and moon, in friendship to the Soors, discovered the deceit, and instantly Narayan cut off his head as he was drinking, with his splendid weapon, ...
— Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems • Henry Hart Milman
... think you were so mercenary," said he, looking into her liquid eyes, that were fast quenching the angry ...
— Bluebell - A Novel • Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
... of quenching your thirst with the nectar offered to you yesterday," said Fritz; "as for myself, ...
— Willis the Pilot • Paul Adrien
... from the compartment and, a little later clouds of quenching steam were poured in from a hose run from the boiler room. The hatch was battened down, and then the smoke ceased ...
— Tom Swift in Captivity • Victor Appleton


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