Definition: quenched

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

quenched
     adj 1: allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue" [syn:
             satisfied, slaked]
     2: subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising
        quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"
        [syn: quelled, squelched]
     3: of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his
        extinct cigarette into the stream"; "faint smoke from the
        extinguished candle"; "the fire is out"; "the quenched
        flames" [syn: extinct, extinguished, out]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Quench \Quench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quenched; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Quenching.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in [=a]cwencan, to
   extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, [=a]cwincan, to
   decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cw[=i]nan, [=a]cw[=i]nan, to
   waste or dwindle away.]
   1. To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of
      flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of
      sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a
      candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc.

            Ere our blood shall quench that fire. --Shak.

            The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the
            wonder of her infamy.                 --Shak.

   2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.

   Syn: To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check.