Quench  

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  1. To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
    The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
  2. To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)
    Then the MacManus went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it. -- Saul Bellow
  3. To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
    The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.




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