1
as in to extinguish
to cause to cease burning
we thoroughly quenched the campfire before we headed to bed
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2
as in to satisfy
to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)
this lemonade really quenches my thirst
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Recent Examples of quench
Activating your ninth house of expansion and third house of immediate surroundings, this tricky opposition is quenching your desire for adventure while pulling you back into shady debates and undercurrents with people that surround you.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
This vegan night lotion uses 65% green tomato extract to help tighten pores, smoothe, and quench skin.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
My skin feels immediately quenched, and the effects of this lasts long after the mist evaporates.
—Venus Wong, Refinery29, 14 Aug. 2025
The results were successful, but three or four cantaloupes for all that work didn’t seem enough to quench my cantaloupe cravings.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
This vegan night lotion uses 65% green tomato extract to help tighten pores, smoothe, and quench skin.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
My skin feels immediately quenched, and the effects of this lasts long after the mist evaporates.
—Venus Wong, Refinery29, 14 Aug. 2025
The results were successful, but three or four cantaloupes for all that work didn’t seem enough to quench my cantaloupe cravings.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quench
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The fire has since been extinguished and the cause remains under investigation.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Smokejumpers have climbed into the canopy of several large trees and are working to extinguish burning limbs and branches.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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To satisfy this demand, Nebius will supply Microsoft with dedicated capacity from a new data center located in Vineland, New Jersey, starting later this year.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Other tasters agreed these anchovies had a meaty texture, which made each fillet a satisfying several bites.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
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But in the meantime, the K-pop superstar boy band’s diehards can slake their thirst by watching member V smoke the ceremonial first pitch at a Los Angeles Dodgers game on Monday (Aug. 25).—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
26 Aug. 2025
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Moreover, there is no reason to assume that such concessions would slake Chinese and Russian ambitions: consider, for example, what Beijing’s massive investments in Latin America and attempts to corrupt the Canadian political system suggest about Chinese intentions.—
KORI SCHAKE,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Having said all of that, Iftiu's ambitions are far from satiated.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The crunchy texture of lettuce may be pleasantly satiating.—
Barbie Cervoni,
Verywell Health,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Quench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quench. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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