quenches Definition

quench
verb quenches, quenched, quenching

1a. To satisfy (thirst) by drinking;

Thesaurus: satisfy, sate, slake.
1b. To satisfy (a desire, etc).
2. To extinguish (a fire or light, etc).

Thesaurus: stifle, smother, put out, douse, extinguish.
3. To damp or crush (ardour, enthusiasm or desire, etc).
4. metallurgy.
To cool (hot metal) rapidly by plunging in cold liquid in order to alter its properties.
5. nuclear chem.
To introduce an agent into a luminescent material to reduce the duration of phosphorescence.

Derivative: quenchable
adj

Derivative: quencher
noun

Derivative: quenchless
adj

Derivative: quenching
adj, noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon acwencan.