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quench
verb as in destroy, extinguish
Example Sentences
They quenched their thirst by drinking contaminated water from a nearby well.
“This is a symbol of water to quench and heal the ground — for regrowth.”
"I was successful in stopping the bill tonight, when a 2/3 vote was required, but undoubtably it will be back because Trump’s thirst for unlimited power can never be quenched," he wrote on X.
The danger that Mr Diriye faces is a recurring reality that many smugglers endure while illicitly ferrying alcohol from Ethiopia to Mogadishu, in order to quench the growing demand.
She and her team are instead working on a new process called “shock quenching”.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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