quenches

VERB

destroy, extinguish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dampen douse quash quell snuff out suppress

STRONG

annihilate check choke crush decimate demolish destruct dismantle end kill moisten raze ruin shatter smother stifle wreck

WEAK

knock down put down put out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dry encourage

STRONG

aid assist bear begin build construct create fix give birth help release repair start

WEAK

dissatisfy set

VERB

satisfy, especially thirst

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allay alleviate appease assuage sate satiate slake

STRONG

content cool glut gorge gratify lighten mitigate moisten relieve

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aggravate deprive dissatisfy intensify provoke

STRONG

abstain burden diet disturb fast increase pain upset

WEAK

set start

Example Sentences

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This work was Delacroix’s first religious commission, introduced in the Salon of 1827, and it opens the retrospective, hanging beside its Salon alum “Mortally Wounded Brigand Quenches His Thirst.”

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2018

The shadow as it flows Across them dims the lustre of a rose, Quenches the bright clear gold of hair, the green Of a girl's dress, and life seems faint.

From The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems by Huxley, Aldous

"Swept between Wall Street and Coenties Slip," he said, with a splendid gesture, and then discovered that she had, never heard of "Quenches Slip," or worse, she had pronounced it as it was spelled.

From The Happiest Time of Their Lives by Miller, Alice Duer