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Meanings of slake in English

Portuguese
acalmar
Catalan
apaivagar
Spanish
apaciguar

Satisfy (thirst)

        acalmar
        Portuguese
        desprover
        Catalan
        debilitar
        Spanish
        aflojar

        Make less active or intense.

              desprover
              Synonyms
              Examples for "allay"
              Examples for "allay"
              1
              I believe this will reduce crime and allay public concern for safety.
              BBC
              2
              She also sought to allay concerns of potential food and fuel shortages.
              Reuters
              3
              Perhaps the editor would address this burning question, and allay my fears.
              The Irish Times
              4
              A strong manufacturing number could allay persistent fears about slowing global demand.
              Reuters
              5
              Strong factory data for November failed to allay concerns about economic growth.
              Reuters
              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
              1
              Being able to show good governance structures will help assuage such fears.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Therefore it does not assuage bodily pain, which is in the senses.
              Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
              3
              And, I suppose, also to assuage my own personal sense of guilt.
              The whore of babylon, a memoir
              4
              To assuage that unhappiness he had taken a considerable quantity of drink.
              And Then There Were None
              5
              Even this wholesale massacre did not assuage the wrath of the corsair.
              Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean: The grand period of the Moslem ...
              Usage of slake in English
              1
              The slake-moth wheeled nervously over the dangerous city and headed for home.
              Perdido Street Station
              2
              They were equipped specifically to defend against slake-moths, in case of escapes.
              Perdido Street Station
              3
              But to move quickly, he realized, was to risk the slake-moth's attention.
              Perdido Street Station
              4
              That way, they kept the slake-moth behind them, visible in the mirrors.
              Perdido Street Station
              5
              They did not move fast, and the slake-moth did not seem concerned.
              Perdido Street Station
              6
              The slake-moth immolated itself, immersed itself in the torrential blasts of power.
              Perdido Street Station
              7
              From below its abdomen, the slake-moth pulled out a great, soft globe.
              Perdido Street Station
              8
              We carried, however, enough in our water-bottles to slake our own thirst.
              With Axe and Rifle
              9
              It could keep the red thirst at bay, but never slake it.
              Anno Dracula
              10
              That is why I cannot be exact about where the slake-moths are.
              Perdido Street Station
              11
              As he watched in horror, Isaac saw the slake-moth pull Shadrach upright.
              Perdido Street Station
              12
              Barbile was squirming and screaming in the complex embrace of the slake-moth.
              Perdido Street Station
              13
              Coils of the thick leather wound almost instantly around the slake-moth's neck.
              Perdido Street Station
              14
              Yagharek hurled the lit oil-lamp against the back of the slake-moth's head.
              Perdido Street Station
              15
              What happens when you cannot slake the hate? And so Ke fasted.
              Servant of a dark god
              16
              We slake our thirst, let the warm water pour over our itching bodies.
              Catching Fire
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