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Meanings of quench in English
Synonyms
Examples for "quell"
Examples for "quell"
1
However, this did not quell executions and other abuses, including political killings.
2
Authorities across India have taken a hardline approach to quell the protests.
3
Ezekwesili said governments could quell potential unrest by communicating with the people.
4
Hundreds of thousands of Indian troops have been deployed to quell it.
5
Yet the escalating force used to quell peaceful protests has surprised many.
1
One possibility, said Davy, is that water could squelch feelings of hunger.
2
Up ahead the tunnel touched, then peeled apart with a grotesque squelch.
3
Nothing to hear but the squelch of my boots on the lawn.
4
The dampers in a lecture hall could be tuned to squelch hecklers.
5
As he did so, he felt something squelch coldly under his fingers.
Usage of quench in English
1
No: the river should wash the blood away and quench the fire.
2
Nick wished he could find some water, something to quench the burning.
3
Piecemeal firefighting may not quench the firestorm threatening to engulf the continent.
4
He does not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.
5
The bruised reed he will not break, nor quench the smoking flax.
6
He would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.
7
He'd quench his thirst before an engagement with gunpowder mixed in brandy.
8
Thus even death doth not quench the influence of a good life.
9
One of the men then asked for water to quench his thirst.
10
She could not quench in her husband's bosom the thirst of gold.
11
The juice of the cactus allayed, but did not quench, their thirst.
12
People will even pay you to quench your thirst on their bodies.
13
But when an old house is burning nothing will quench the fire.
14
They who resist it, quench it, and this to their own condemnation.
15
We forgot the tortoise, and dashed forward, eager to quench our thirst.
16
We each of us eagerly took a draught to quench our thirst.
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Quench across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common