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Meanings of quench in English

Portuguese
apagar
Catalan
extingir
Spanish
extinguir

Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights.

      apagar
      Portuguese
      acalmar
      Catalan
      apaivagar
      Spanish
      apaciguar

      Satisfy (thirst)

            acalmar
            Catalan
            dominar

            Suppress or crush completely.

                  dominar
                  Usage of quench in English
                  1
                  No: the river should wash the blood away and quench the fire.
                  Dead Man's Rock
                  2
                  Nick wished he could find some water, something to quench the burning.
                  The Child Thief
                  3
                  Piecemeal firefighting may not quench the firestorm threatening to engulf the continent.
                  The Guardian
                  4
                  He does not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.
                  Bunyan Characters (1st Series)
                  5
                  The bruised reed he will not break, nor quench the smoking flax.
                  The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
                  6
                  He would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.
                  All Saints' Day and Other Sermons
                  7
                  He'd quench his thirst before an engagement with gunpowder mixed in brandy.
                  The Frozen Pirate
                  8
                  Thus even death doth not quench the influence of a good life.
                  Making the Most of Life
                  9
                  One of the men then asked for water to quench his thirst.
                  Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life
                  10
                  She could not quench in her husband's bosom the thirst of gold.
                  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Ren...
                  11
                  The juice of the cactus allayed, but did not quench, their thirst.
                  The Boy Hunters
                  12
                  People will even pay you to quench your thirst on their bodies.
                  Burnt Offerings
                  13
                  But when an old house is burning nothing will quench the fire.
                  The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
                  14
                  They who resist it, quench it, and this to their own condemnation.
                  A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 / Taken from a View of the ...
                  15
                  We forgot the tortoise, and dashed forward, eager to quench our thirst.
                  In the Wilds of Florida: A Tale of Warfare and Hunting
                  16
                  We each of us eagerly took a draught to quench our thirst.
                  In the Eastern Seas
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                  Translations for quench
                  Quench through the time
                  Quench across language varieties
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