Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
quench .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective subdued or overcome
- adjective allayed
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Examples
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Sudden thirst that cannot be quenched is a major symptom of diabetes type 1, so one must get straight to the doctor or hospital with a urine sample if this happens.
All Things Girl » All Things Girl » Blog Archive » Diabetes, know the signs 2009
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Sudden thirst that cannot be quenched is a major symptom of diabetes type 1, so one must get straight to the doctor or hospital with a urine sample if this happens.
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And so, around midday on September 19, 2008, the connection "quenched" - which means a super-conducting cable suddenly lost its super-conductivity, turning into an ordinarily conductive wire that couldn't take the 11,000 amps of electricity.
the latest from teenvogue.com Kurt Andersen 2009
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And so, around midday on September 19, 2008, the connection "quenched" - which means a super-conducting cable suddenly lost its super-conductivity, turning into an ordinarily conductive wire that couldn't take the 11,000 amps of electricity.
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And so, around midday on September 19, 2008, the connection "quenched" - which means a super-conducting cable suddenly lost its super-conductivity, turning into an ordinarily conductive wire that couldn't take the 11,000 amps of electricity.
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Indeed, Dr. Harmon laid the groundwork for the whole antioxidant industry when he demonstrated that free radicals are "quenched" by antioxidants.
David Perlmutter, M.D.: How Free Radicals Speed Up The Aging Process M.D. David Perlmutter 2011
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Coverslips were rinsed in PBS and free aldehyde groups were "quenched" using two consecutive 5 min incubations in 1 mg/ml NaBH
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Vincent Gache et al. 2010
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This first issue kind of quenched my thirst so to speak for a Spirit tale that seems to have some sort of direction and handle on the character and how he operates.
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. Ambush Bug 2010
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But his body had now begun to chill and he was shivering, so that when be tried to add the first twigs his hand shook and the tiny flame was quenched.
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Jacobs and all the poisonous flame of him would have been quenched in the everlasting darkness.
CHAPTER XIV 2010
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