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Meanings of quenched in English

Allayed.

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Subdued or overcome.

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Usage of quenched in English
1
She quenched the alcohol flame and replaced the lamp in its case.
Phantom Wires: A Novel
2
The terrible thrashing about in the icy water had quenched my spirit.
The Young Forester
3
The manifestation of the Spirit in prophesying was not to be quenched.
The Great Doctrines of the Bible
4
The candlestick of the church was turned down and the light quenched.
Modern Persia
5
Nor did she feel it any longer, its spirit quenched beneath necessity.
The pretender's crown
6
The fires caused by the strike could not be quenched with water.
The Irish Times
7
I felt such thirst, no amount of water would have quenched it.
Escape
8
The light of one home had been quenched in gloom and guilt.
Sowing and Reaping: A Temperance Story
9
Was it quenched in Drake, in Hawkins, in the conquerors of Hindostan?
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
10
The mills may be closed but the creativity is far from quenched.
The Irish Times
11
A light of eagerness in his eyes was quenched, and he growled:
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
12
Politico has responded with Hydrated Hillary: 9 times Clinton quenched her thirst.
Wired
13
And I felt instinctively that her interest in Carre was suddenly quenched.
The New Book of Martyrs
14
There ensued a fierce contest, but the revolt was quenched in blood.
Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Volume 1
15
The burning of hunger is quenched at last on the funeral pyre.
The Cycle of Spring
16
Moreover, it perisheth in divers ways, when it is quenched by mankind.
Barlaam and Ioasaph
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Quenched across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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