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QUENCHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subdued or overcome
Example:
a squelched rumor
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suppressed (kept from public knowledge by various means)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Allayed
Example:
his thirst quenched he was able to continue
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mitigated (made less severe or intense)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb quench
Context examples:
The hiss of the quenched element, the breakage of a pitcher which I flung from my hand when I had emptied it, and, above all, the splash of the shower-bath I had liberally bestowed, roused Mr. Rochester at last.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Anything more wheedlesome than that touching appeal was seldom heard, but Jo quenched 'her boy' by turning on him with a stern query, "How many bouquets have you sent Miss Randal this week?"
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
After many skirmishes and snubbings, the ambitious pair were considered effectually quenched and went about with forlorn faces, which were rather belied by explosions of laughter when the two got together.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"Oh, Beth, he's sent you..." began Amy, gesticulating with unseemly energy, but she got no further, for Jo quenched her by slamming down the window.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Jo quite glowed with triumph when Teddy got quenched in an argument, and thought to herself, as she watched her father's absorbed face, How he would enjoy having such a man as my Professor to talk with every day!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Meg admired the tragedy, so Jo piled up the agony to suit her, while Amy objected to the fun, and, with the best intentions in life, Jo quenched the spritly scenes which relieved the somber character of the story.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
When he went out in the morning he was bewildered by small commissions for the captive mamma, if he came gaily in at night, eager to embrace his family, he was quenched by a Hush!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A smart shower at eleven had evidently quenched the enthusiasm of the young ladies who were to arrive at twelve, for nobody came, and at two the exhausted family sat down in a blaze of sunshine to consume the perishable portions of the feast, that nothing might be lost.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
