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quench
verb as in destroy, extinguish
Example Sentences
Consumer tastes have changed dramatically since Coke’s heyday, and Vita Coco has responded with a product mix that should quench investors’ thirst for growth and reasonable value.
"The key to the quenching mechanism lies in how quickly and efficiently the triplet states can be deactivated," said Alessandro Agostini, researcher at the University of Padua, Italy and co-lead author of the study.
When it stopped raining he found a spring where he was able to quench his thirst, but he was so unwell he was unable to eat one of the snack bars he was carrying.
Are we not warmed by the same ultraviolet rays, quenched by the same pirated water, ensnared in the same gill net of freeways?
The duke was sent to Germany to cool his ardour, but the imposed distance failed to quench the flame.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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