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v. cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"

v. 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"

squelch, quell, quench

v. suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"

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satiate, sate, replete, fill

v. fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress

v. conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off

v. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

drop, dismiss, send away, send packing

v. stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate

v. terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman"

disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with

v. terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

dull, blunt

v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

mortify

v. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down

v. become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it

v. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

put

v. adapt; "put these words to music"

feed, eat

v. take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"

feed, give

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire, set afire

v. set fire to; cause to start burning; "Lightening set fire to the forest"

kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame

v. cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"

come to, revive, resuscitate

v. return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

light up, fire up, light

v. begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"

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