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synonyms for slake

  • appease
  • assuage
  • quench
  • abate
  • allay
  • compose
  • cool
  • crumble
  • disintegrate
  • gratify
  • lessen
  • loose
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • reduce
  • refresh
  • relax
  • relaxed
  • relieve
  • satisfy
  • slack
  • subdue
See also synonyms for: slaking / unslaked
On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slake, such as: appease, assuage, quench, abate, allay, and compose.

antonyms for slake

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  • agitate
  • anger
  • arouse
  • disappoint
  • enlarge
  • excite
  • extend
  • frustrate
  • grow
  • incite
  • increase
  • intensify
  • pain
  • raise
  • ruin
  • strengthen
  • upset
  • worry
  • worsen
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How to use slake in a sentence

The other leaves specialize in absorbing water, to slake a tree’s thirst.
SOME REDWOOD LEAVES MAKE FOOD WHILE OTHERS DRINK WATERSOFIA QUAGLIAMAY 27, 2022SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
A Long Island pioneer winery brings us a top-notch crisp and juicy rosé to slake our thirst and cut through the summer’s heat.
YOU’LL WANT TO SIP THIS SUSTAINABLY MADE ROSÉ ALL THROUGH THE SUMMERDAVE MCINTYREJULY 23, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Using them, nest fronds can share their water, slaking the thirst of neighboring strap fronds.
THESE FERNS MAY BE FIRST PLANTS KNOWN TO WORK TOGETHER AS ANTS DOJAKE BUEHLERJULY 1, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Previous research by other scientists found networks of roots running throughout the colony, which means that nest fronds have the ability to slake strap fronds’ thirst.
THESE FERNS MAY BE THE FIRST PLANTS KNOWN TO SHARE WORK LIKE ANTSJAKE BUEHLERJUNE 7, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
There’s also a page of wineries that will send us wines and schedule online virtual tastings to slake our thirst and whet our appetites for when we can get there in person.
IS YOUR FAVORITE IMPORTED WINE LOW IN STOCK? BLAME THE PANDEMIC.DAVE MCINTYREAPRIL 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The fevered mules plunged in headlong and drank greedily; the riders were perforce obliged to slake their thirst after them.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FOREST
An old gray-headed man tottered forward to slake his burning thirst.
THE PICKWICK PAPERSCHARLES DICKENS
In good sooth ye do,” cried Biarne, with a laugh; “a mouse could hardly slake his thirst with all that you have yet imbibed.
THE NORSEMEN IN THE WESTR.M. BALLANTYNE
Would I be the tiger, blind with desire of blood leaping at the wild-deer's throat, to slake a cruel thirst?
SARCHEDONG. J. (GEORGE JOHN) WHYTE-MELVILLE
The sun was excessively hot, and at every rivulet that I crossed I stopped to slake my thirst.
LETTERS FROM THE ALLEGHANY MOUNTAINSCHARLES LANMAN
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SLAKE

  • allay
  • alleviate
  • appease
  • assuage
  • content
  • cool
  • glut
  • gorge
  • gratify
  • lighten
  • mitigate
  • moisten
  • relieve
  • sate
  • satiate
  • slake
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.