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
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.
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Whatever the controversy, these Thanksgiving stories will slake your appetite!
—JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
Asia London Palomba is a Travel + Leisure writer from Rome who travels internationally several times a year to visit her family in Italy or to slake her wanderlust in various European and Asian countries.
—Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
Still, no concession from the British government is likely to slake the nationalists' thirst for a referendum.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Whatever the controversy, these Thanksgiving stories will slake your appetite!
—JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
Asia London Palomba is a Travel + Leisure writer from Rome who travels internationally several times a year to visit her family in Italy or to slake her wanderlust in various European and Asian countries.
—Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024
Still, no concession from the British government is likely to slake the nationalists' thirst for a referendum.
—Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
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Serve up a board at a party, and have fun sampling all the different flavors with your guests, or whip up a quick flight for a drool-worthy afternoon snack that satisfies all your cravings.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2025
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Under Chapter 11, creditors, including the IRS, cannot take your primary residence to satisfy debts.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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And for a nightcap, guests have not one, but two bar options to quench their thirst for spirits and top shelf drinks.—
Karla Pope,
Architectural Digest,
19 June 2025
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Image courtesy of the researchers Now, those quantities aren't going to go a long way towards quenching anyone's thirst – so the team believes an array of these vertically hydrogel panels could be deployed in water-scarce regions to deliver larger amounts that could support an entire household.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
13 June 2025
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“Slake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slake. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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