quenching
Hardening hot steel
Quenching is the act of satisfying or extinguishing something urgent—thirst, fire, desire.
In metallurgy, quenching means rapidly cooling hot metal by plunging it into water or oil, which hardens the material: The blacksmith finished quenching the blade.
The word carries a sense of sudden, decisive satisfaction or suppression.
Bodily fluid replenishment
- refreshingPleasingly restorative
- waterClear essential liquid
- gulpHasty, large swallow
- drinkConsumable liquid
sip · slake · parched · dehydration · replenishment · beverage · cool · chilled
End combustion forcibly
- douseWet completely, often flames
- smotherDeprive of air
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- snuffPowdered tobacco for sniffing
firefighter · water · foam · sprinkler · flame · embers · combustion · put-out
Controlled heating and cooling
- hardeningBecoming less soft
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
cooling · steel · metal · brine · oil · water-bath · workpiece · blacksmith
Meet a need fully
- satisfyMeet a need fully
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
appetite · hunger · urge · need · satiation · fulfillment · gratification · assuage
Light emitted after absorption
- luminescenceHeatless light emission
- photonElectromagnetic radiation unit
- emissionDischarged substance or act
- collisionalOf objects striking together
dynamic · static · deactivation · concentration · oxygen · decay · suppression · intensity
hydration
Bodily fluid replenishment
- refreshingPleasingly restorative
- waterClear essential liquid
- gulpHasty, large swallow
drink · sip · slake · parched · dehydration · replenishment · beverage · cool · chilled · ice-cold
extinguish
End combustion forcibly
snuff · firefighter · water · foam · sprinkler · flame · embers · combustion · put-out · blanket
tempering
Controlled heating and cooling
furnace · cooling · steel · metal · brine · oil · water-bath · workpiece · blacksmith · tongs
satisfy
Meet a need fully
yearning · appetite · hunger · urge · need · satiation · fulfillment · gratification · assuage · alleviate
fluorescence
Light emitted after absorption
- luminescenceHeatless light emission
- photonElectromagnetic radiation unit
- emissionDischarged substance or act
collisional · dynamic · static · deactivation · concentration · oxygen · decay · suppression · intensity
- blacksmithinganvil, anvils, forge, forges, bellows
- metalworkblacksmithing, gilding, silversmithing, enamel, metal crafts
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- ancient metalworkingsmelting, forging, smithing, casting molds, crucibles
- hardeninghardening, stiffening, solidification, solidifying, rigidifying
- Ironworkinganvil, bellows, blacksmith, blacksmithing, blast furnace
quenchingarousing
Evoking strong feeling
intensifying · stimulating · exciting · provoking · inflaming
quenchingannealing
Heat-softening of metals
tempering · heating · normalizing · softening · stress relieving
- thirst quenchingSatisfying a need for liquid
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