All quench synonyms
quench
Q q 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.