quench
verb
[ kwɛn(t)ʃ ]
• satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking.
• extinguish (a fire).
• "firemen hauled on hoses in a desperate bid to quench the flames"
• rapidly cool (red-hot metal or other material), especially in cold water or oil.
quench
noun
• an act of quenching a very hot substance.
Origin:
Old English -cwencan (in acwencan ‘put out, extinguish’), of Germanic origin.
