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All quench synonyms

quench
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verb quench

  • slake β€” to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
  • satisfy β€” to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
  • satiate β€” to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
  • reduce β€” to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
  • sate β€” to cause to sit; seat (often followed by down): Sit yourself down. He sat me near him.
  • appease β€” If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
  • allay β€” If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.
  • alleviate β€” If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
  • assuage β€” If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
  • content β€” The contents of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are inside it.
  • cool β€” Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
  • glut β€” to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.
  • gorge β€” to swallow, especially greedily.
  • gratify β€” to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
  • lighten β€” to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
  • mitigate β€” to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
  • moisten β€” Wet slightly.
  • relieve β€” to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
  • extinguish β€” Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
  • douse β€” to plunge into water or the like; drench: She doused the clothes in soapy water.
  • smother β€” to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • stifle β€” to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
  • snuff out β€” the charred or partly consumed portion of a candlewick.
  • put out β€” a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
  • destroy β€” To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • dampen β€” To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
  • quash β€” to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
  • quell β€” to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
  • suppress β€” to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
  • annihilate β€” To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
  • cheque β€” A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
  • check β€” Check is also a noun.
  • choke β€” When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
  • crush β€” To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
  • decimate β€” To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
  • demolish β€” To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
  • destruct β€” to destroy (one's own missile or rocket) for safety
  • dismantle β€” to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
  • end β€” Come or bring to a final point; finish.
  • kill β€” to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
  • raze β€” to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
  • ruin β€” ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • shatter β€” to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
  • wreck β€” any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
  • knock down β€” to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • put down β€” a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
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