quench
quench Lexical Profile
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• verb
To satisfy one's thirst by drinking liquid, or to fulfill a strong desire or craving.
"Nothing helps to quench your thirst on a sweltering afternoon better than a glass of cold water."
To extinguish or put out a fire or flame.
"The heavy downpour helped firefighters quench the remaining embers of the brush fire."
To suppress, stifle, or put an end to a feeling, emotion, or rebellion.
"Even the harsh winter weather could not quench the explorers' enthusiasm for the expedition."
To cool hot metal or glass rapidly by plunging it into water, oil, or another liquid to impart hardness.
"To achieve the proper hardness, the metallurgist had to quench the heated steel alloy in a bath of brine."
• noun
The process of rapidly cooling hot metal or glass by immersing it in water, oil, or another liquid to harden it.
"The blacksmith inspected the steel blade immediately after the oil quench to check for any warping."
The sudden, abnormal loss of superconductivity in a magnet coil when part of the superconducting wire warms above its critical temperature.
"Engineers installed specialized safety valves to vent the liquid helium in the event of a magnet quench."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English cwencan ('to put out, extinguish'), a causative form of cwincan ('to go out, be extinguished'), of West Germanic origin.