Quenchable


[kwench] /kwɛntʃ/

verb (used with object)
1.
to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
2.
to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
3.
to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
4.
to subdue or destroy; overcome; quell:
to quench an uprising.
5.
Electronics. to terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
/kwɛntʃ/
verb (transitive)
1.
to satisfy (one’s thirst, desires, etc); slake
2.
to put out (a fire, flame, etc); extinguish
3.
to put down or quell; suppress: to quench a rebellion
4.
to cool (hot metal) by plunging it into cold water
5.
(physics) to reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
6.
(electronics)

v.

Old English acwencan “to quench” (of fire, light), from Proto-Germanic *cwandjan, probably a causative form of root of Old English cwincan “to go out, be extinguished,” Old Frisian kwinka. Related: Quenched; quenching.

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