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Webster 1828 Edition

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Extinguishing; quieting; stifling; repressing.

quenching ‎(countable and uncountable, plural quenchings)

(physics) The extinction of any of several physical properties.
The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.

physics: extinction of physical properties

rapid cooling of hot metal object

Dutch: formed by nominalization of the verb: harden (nl), schrikken (nl), afschrikken (nl)
Finnish: karkaisu (fi)
Irish: ^{(please verify)}múchadh m

quenching