1. Satisfy (thirst)
   "The cold water quenched his thirst"
   - slake, allay, assuage 
2. Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
   "quench the flames"
   - snuff out, blow out, extinguish 
3. Electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device 
4. Suppress or crush completely
   "quench a rebellion"
   - squelch, quell 
5. Reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance 
6. Cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
   "quench steel"

Derived forms: quenching, quenches, quenched

See also: quenching

Type of: bottle up, bring down, chill, conquer, cool, cool down, curb, cut, cut back, cut down, fill, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], inhibit, meet, reduce, satisfy, stamp down, subdue, suppress, trim, trim back, trim down

Encyclopedia: Quench

• Selenipedium
• selenite
• selenium
• selenium cell
• seleno-
• selenographer
• selenography
• selenolatry
• selenology
• Seles
• Seleucus
• Seleucus I
• Seleucus I Nicator
• self
• self acceptance
• self-abasement
• self-abnegating
• self-abnegation
• self-absorbed
• self-absorption
• self-abuse
• self-accusation
• self-acting
• self-activating
• self-adapting program