as in to satisfy
to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)
a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure
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Recent Examples of slake
This growing thirst is slaked by an ever-expanding array of sophisticated cocktails, available year-round at countless contemporary bars and restaurants.
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Brad Japhe, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
And those who were curious for a view into Montag’s life had endless ways to slake that appetite, only one of them a weekly cable-TV reality show.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Whatever the controversy, these Thanksgiving stories will slake your appetite!
—JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
This charging technology will slake it John Voelcker 28 Aug 2019
18 min read
On the A13 highway in Germany, a harried mom pulls into a rest stop, her two restless teenagers in the back of the family’s electric SUV.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2019
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Brad Japhe, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
And those who were curious for a view into Montag’s life had endless ways to slake that appetite, only one of them a weekly cable-TV reality show.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Whatever the controversy, these Thanksgiving stories will slake your appetite!
—JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
This charging technology will slake it John Voelcker 28 Aug 2019
18 min read
On the A13 highway in Germany, a harried mom pulls into a rest stop, her two restless teenagers in the back of the family’s electric SUV.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slake
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Trump needed to satisfy Netanyahu’s political needs to get to this point, but now Trump needs to steamroll over them to put in place the next stage.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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They’ve been almost monomaniacally determined to deliver a climactic final eight episodes that provide not only a feeling of resolution, but of satisfying inevitability.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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French smart telescope pioneer Vaonis helps quench my thirst with a special edition of its flagship that puts the inner workings on view.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
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Traditional methods rely on heating metals to extreme temperatures, then rapidly quenching them to trap atoms in a chaotic arrangement.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Slake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slake. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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