quench

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb satisfy (thirst)
verb put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
verb electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.

One thing, however, rather quenched the vanities. — Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
They struck lamps with thyrses to quench them. — Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, Henryk Sienkiewicz
It was wet; it would quench his thirst, he thought. — The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, Unknown

slake, allay, assuage

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