quench
verb (used with object)
to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
quenched
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past participleof quench.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof quench.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
quenchverb (used with object)to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
Example Sentences
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I sipped on this drink during a midday walk and it kept me cool, quenched and satisfied.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025
At this point near Gennadi village, its climate change-fueled fury was only quenched by the sea.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Where temperatures never breached freezing, where less than half of sea-level oxygen quenched lungs, where gale-force winds scoured the hardscrabble rocks littering the peaks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023
Viewers who have been growing impatient for the MP's arrival had their thirst for Hancock material thoroughly quenched in Wednesday's instalment of ITV's reality series as Hancock sang and Ed Sheeran song.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022
It often seemed near—the heavenly world—but never had he quite reached it, never had he quenched the final thirst.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
