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Meanings of quench thirst in English

To drink enough to satisfy thirst.

        Usage of quench thirst in English
        1
        Only enough water to quench thirst, preferably mixed with acid fruit juices.
        Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
        2
        The point is not to quench thirst, but to quench one's restlessness and arrogance.
        Petals from the sky
        3
        He could withstand the pangs of hunger, but it was imperative to quench thirst.
        The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
        4
        Sitting on a mountain of gold in the desert of Sahara would not quench thirst.
        My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
        5
        This shows that milk should not be taken to quench thirst, but to supply nourishment.
        Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
        6
        The soldiers said that "the water of the Bahar el Abiud would not quench thirst."
        A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar / Under the...
        7
        We learned that tomato juice will keep life in the body even if it won't quench thirst.
        I Married a Ranger
        8
        All who were thirsty had to drink lemonade, and it took a good many glasses to quench thirst.
        The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus
        9
        But it can also quench thirst.
        Midnight hero
        10
        She could see nothing beyond the material advantage attaching to water that would once and for all quench thirst.
        Jesus the Christ / A Study of the Messiah and His Mission Accord...
        11
        But they had to be careful with the spirits, the latter being more likely to produce than to quench thirst.
        Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
        12
        Something to quench thirst?
        Half a Century
        13
        Some action must be taken immediately, however; for what little water still remained was almost bad, and could not quench thirst.
        In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
        14
        They use water to quench thirst, but when they are dirty they take a dust bath and are at once cleansed.
        The Crock of Gold
        15
        Eve peeps among some bottles and decanters, which, as they contain fluids, she naturally conceives must be proper to quench thirst.
        The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses from an Old Manse")
        16
        I only know the result was as if I had gnawed a file to satisfy hunger, or drank brine to quench thirst.
        Villette
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