- 1quench your thirst to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty synonym slake
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- 2quench something (formal) to stop a fire from burning synonym extinguish Firefighters tried to quench the flames raging through the building.
quench
verbNAmE//kwɛntʃ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they quench he / she / it quenches
past simple quenched
-ing form quenching
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