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quench
v. satisfy a need (esp. thirst); extinguish, put out; cool by immersing in a cold liquid; repress a desire (or urge, etc.); put an end to, destroy; relieve

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Quenching
In materials science, quenching, a type of heat treating, is the rapid cooling of a workpiece to obtain certain material properties. It prevents low-temperature processes, such as phase transformations, from occurring by only providing a narrow window of time in which the reaction is both thermodynamically favorable and kinetically accessible. For instance, it can reduce crystallinity and thereby increase the hardness of both alloys and plastics (produced through polymerization).

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quenched

Adjective
1. allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue"
(synonym) satisfied, slaked
(similar) mitigated
2. subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"
(synonym) quelled, squelched
(similar) suppressed

 
quench

Verb
1. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
(synonym) slake, allay, assuage
(hypernym) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
(entail) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
(synonym) snuff out, blow out, extinguish
(hyponym) douse, put out
(derivation) extinction, extinguishing, quenching
3. electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
(hypernym) restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
4. suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
(synonym) squelch, quell
(hypernym) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
5. reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
(hypernym) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
(classification) physics, physical science, natural philosophy
6. cool by plunging into cold water; "quench metal"
(hypernym) cool, chill, cool down


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quench
v. uhasit

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quench
Czas. gasić pragnienie