quenches
/K W EH1 N CH AH0 Z/verb
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To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
- 3
To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
โThe swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.โ
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To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
- 5
To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
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