Verb (used with object) : to quench an uprising. From Dictionary.com.
"The second interesting thing is that it's quenchable, meaning that when we release the pressure the alloy persists. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
Whatever group one belongs to, one belongs to it as an individual, and this individuality is not quenchable, except through death, or inauthenticity. From Wordnik.com. [Watsuji Tetsurô] Reference
Assuredly, fire is borne aloft, is without a soul, is easily quenchable and corruptible; but the sun is orbicular and animate, eternal and imperishable. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
To have a passion for something or someone is to undergo a powerful attraction, hard to resist, and quenchable only by something stronger than and incompatible with it. From Wordnik.com. [The passion and the patience] Reference
We represent also ordnance and instruments of war and engines of all kinds; and likewise new mixtures and compositions of gunpowder, wild – fires burning in water and un quenchable, also fire – works of all variety, both for pleasure and use. From Wordnik.com. [The New Atlantis] Reference
Stop it, ye Constitutional Patriots; fire itself is quenchable, yet only quenchable at first!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution] Reference
As we all know I have an un-quenchable thirst for learning about my guest's past and the path taken to get them to where they are today. From Wordnik.com. [The Web 2.0 Show] Reference
His pallid, sharp-featured face, and a strange brilliancy in his eyes, told me that either his physical or his mental being hid an underground fire, perhaps no longer quenchable. From Wordnik.com. [The Visionary Pictures From Nordland] Reference
After butter is separated from milk, the residue becomes sour and can be made into milk curd which is a nice thirst quenchable and can be made into milk curd pastry with barley flour. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
Fruit and spice, especially peach and cinnamon, scented the beer and the quenchable finish made me long for a full pint glass and a basket of, well, wings, rather than just a sip and a single sweetbread. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
We represent also ordnance and instruments of war and engines of all kinds; and likewise new mixtures and com - positions of gunpowder, wild-fires burning in water and un - quenchable, also fire-works of all variety, both for pleasure and use. From Wordnik.com. [The New Atlantis] Reference
And it’s long, long enough that my throat hurts, long in the hope that thirst for Gogolic podcasting might be quenchable. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary of a Madman | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast] Reference
"had we either thought that your lordship's drought was quenchable, or observed anything stick in your throat that required washing down.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bride of Lammermoor] Reference
“It would be very unreasonable indeed, my lord,” replied the Marquis, “had we either thought that your lordship’s drought was quenchable, or observed anything stick in your throat that required washing down.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Bride of Lammermoor] Reference
But this alloy is quenchable, so that creates possibilities. ". From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
As if the mind were quenchable with fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell] Reference
'We are not enough; this fire is not quenchable.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Field of Clover] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.