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quench: cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"; reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance; satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"; electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

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disincline collapse

sate collapse

indispose collapse: cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"; make unwilling

wean collapse: gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"; detach the affections of

snuff out collapse: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"; 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"

jump on collapse

asphyxiate collapse

suffice collapse: be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve"

gratify collapse: yield (to); give satisfaction to

deter collapse: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"

douse collapse: slacken; "douse a rope"; lower quickly; "douse a sail"; wet thoroughly; put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"

stamp out collapse: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

hold down collapse: restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"; keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"

crack down on collapse

stultify collapse: cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"; prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself"

quash collapse

slake collapse: make less active or intense

clamp down on collapse

stanch collapse

distract collapse: draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

satiate collapse: supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction; fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

regale collapse: provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"

discourage collapse: deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

drown collapse: die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"; get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"; kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"

shut down collapse

appease collapse

blow out collapse: melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"; erupt in an uncontrolled manner; "The oil well blew out"

assuage collapse

keep down collapse: manage not to throw up

sit on collapse

turn away collapse: move so as not face somebody or something

deflect collapse: turn aside and away from an initial or intended course; turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

quell collapse: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

turn off collapse: cause to feel intense dislike or distaste; make a turn; "turn off at the parking area"

divert collapse: send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one; withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

annihilate collapse

throttle collapse

suffocate collapse: feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"; be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"; suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"; become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"; impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

allay collapse

censor collapse: a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable; someone who censures or condemns; subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

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