Antonyms for quenches
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kwench |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɛntʃ |
Definition of quenches
Origin :- 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.
- verb destroy, extinguish
- verb satisfy, especially thirst
- But contempt is passionless; it does not catch, it quenches fire.
- Extract from : « Pearls of Thought » by Maturin M. Ballou
- Drink; it is the grandest cup which quenches the thirst of humanity.
- Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
- It unlocks the cabinet of the womb and quenches the violence of fire.
- Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
- A body is said to be black when it absorbs or quenches a large proportion of all the rays of white light falling upon it.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- It quenches all the eagerness to hear in the three faces, each in its own degree.
- Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
- It quenches your thirstThat's the best of it.Improves your healthThat's the rest of it.
- Extract from : « Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 » by Various
- His passage kindles to unconsuming fires and quenches into living ashes.
- Extract from : « The Rhythm of Life » by Alice Meynell
- Pass a black ribbon through the colours of the spectrum; it quenches all of them.
- Extract from : « Six Lectures on Light » by John Tyndall
- To which Abraham replied: “Rather the water that quenches the fire.”
- Extract from : « Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers » by W. A. Clouston
- The sun obscures the lesser lights, and quenches even the moons light.
- Extract from : « Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's 'De Consolatione Philosophiae' » by Geoffrey Chaucer
Synonyms for quenches
- allay
- alleviate
- annihilate
- appease
- assuage
- check
- choke
- content
- cool
- crush
- dampen
- decimate
- demolish
- destruct
- dismantle
- douse
- end
- glut
- gorge
- gratify
- kill
- knock down
- lighten
- mitigate
- moisten
- put down
- put out
- quash
- quell
- raze
- relieve
- ruin
- sate
- satiate
- shatter
- slake
- smother
- snuff out
- stifle
- suppress
- wreck
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