slakes
- present tense form of slake (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The lake that slakes the thirst of 40 million people in cities, farms and tribes across seven Southwestern states is down to about 30% of capacity.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2022
Zero Dark Thirty slakes a thirst for vengeance and leaves an aftertaste of gall.
From The Guardian • Jan. 18, 2013
The moguls hide behind a rickety rating system that stokes more fury than it slakes.
From Time Magazine Archive
This book slakes nearly every sense except thirst.
From Time Magazine Archive
What thou art, behold, I know not; but thy honey slakes and slays Half the want which whitens manhood in the stress of alien days!
From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry
