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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, extinguish |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, check, choke, crush, dampen, decimate, demolish, destruct, dismantle, douse, end, kill, knock down, moisten, put down, put out, quash, quell, raze, ruin, shatter, smother, snuff out, stifle, suppress, wreck |
| Antonyms: | set, start |
| Main Entry: | appease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | satisfy, pacify |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, assuage, be enough, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, make matters up, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assuage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soothe, relieve |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, make nice, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, pour oil on, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, take the edge off, take the sting out, temper, tranquilize |
| Antonyms: | exacerbate, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- For emergencies, the scanners have so-called quench buttons that expel the liquid helium that powers the magnets.
- Yet a better fire code in future may not quench today's fire.
- But the ten boatloads of water are costly and will quench the city's thirst for only a few months.
| Main Entry: | douse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, extinguish with liquid |
| Synonyms: | blow out, deluge, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, put out, quench, saturate, slop, slosh, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, squench, steep, submerge, submerse, wet |
| Notes: | douse first meant 'knock, punch, strike' and now means 'to extinguish or wet thoroughly; dowse means to look for water or minerals with a divining rod |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | extinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out a fire |
| Synonyms: | blot out, blow out, choke, douse, drown, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, suffocate, trample |
| Antonyms: | light |
| Main Entry: | put out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extinguish fire |
| Synonyms: | blow out, douse, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out |
| Antonyms: | start |
| Main Entry: | quash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, defeat |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, beat, crush, extinguish, extirpate, overcome, overthrow, put down, quell, quench, repress, scrunch, snow under, squash, squish, subdue, suppress, trash |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, rebuild |
| Main Entry: | quell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, suppress |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, conquer, crush, extinguish, hush up, kill, overcome, overpower, put down, put the lid on, queer, quench, shut down, silence, sit on, stamp out, stifle, stop, subdue, subjugate, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | satisfy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please, content |
| Synonyms: | amuse, animate, appease, assuage, befriend, brighten up, captivate, capture, cheer, cloy, comfort, conciliate, delight, do the trick, elate, enliven, entertain, enthrall, exhilarate, fascinate, fill, fill the bill, flatter, get by, gladden, glut, gorge, gratify, hit the spot, humor, indulge, make merry, make the grade, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quench, rejoice, sate, satiate, score, sell, sell on, slake, suit, surfeit |
| Antonyms: | anger, disappoint, discontent, dissatisfy, upset |
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