quench
v.to satisfy a strong desire or need, especially for something like water or food. It can also mean to cool something down by putting it in a liquid.
v.to satisfy a strong desire or need, particularly for water or food; to cool a substance by immersion in a liquid. Often used in the passive voice to describe the cooling of metals.
“The cold water will quench my thirst.”
“The team's victory finally quenched the fans' frustration after a long season of losses.”
“To quench the intense heat of the molten metal, the blacksmith plunged the blade into a vat of oil, ensuring the rapid cooling process did not cause it to crack.”
From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.