Associations to the word «Quenched»
Noun
- Thirst
- Fluorescence
- Flame
- Spark
- Stile
- Magnet
- Righteousness
- Furnace
- Enmity
- Magnolia
- Wick
- Lust
- Ire
- Radical
- Draught
- Puddle
- Orb
- Fire
- Burn
- Watering
- Naught
- Drink
- Fireman
- Evaporation
- Helium
- Uv
- Dart
- Sparkle
- Magma
- Tyranny
- Vapour
- Excitation
- Blaze
- Chlorine
- Wrath
- Fountain
- Animosity
- Dew
- Melt
- Riddle
- Discord
- Lily
- Water
- Reagent
- Steam
- Flood
- Torch
- Ox
- Torrent
- Consuming
- Fragmentation
- Alloy
- Smoking
- Oxygen
- Dye
- Brook
- Freeze
- Sulfur
- Ember
- Hardness
- Lamp
- Intermediate
- Heat
- Mor
- Bucket
- Indignation
- Breaker
Adjective
Wiktionary
QUENCH, verb. (transitive) To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
QUENCH, verb. (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)
QUENCH, verb. (transitive) To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
QUENCH, noun. (physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
Dictionary definition
QUENCH, verb. Satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst".
QUENCH, verb. Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles".
QUENCH, verb. Electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device.
QUENCH, verb. Suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion".
QUENCH, verb. Reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance.
QUENCH, verb. Cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel".
Wise words
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind
must lie.