SLAKE Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

slake

verb

ˈslāk

Definition of slake

as in to satisfy

to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire) a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure

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Recent Examples of slake Currently, the world’s thirst for energy remains slaked by ample supplies, which suggests prices could normalize sooner rather than later. — Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026 Economic damage is already being done in both conflicts and for no better reason than to slake this president’s insatiable appetite for power. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2026 That factors out to more than $11 million per year to slake a terrestrial data center’s thirst. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Jan. 2026 Anything grew here, the endless Los Angeles Basin could absorb everyone, and if there wasn’t enough water to slake the thirst of metropolitan ambitions, engineers and taxpayers would see to it that water from far away – even very far away – would be brought here. — Elizabeth A. Logan, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slake

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Or, at the very least, set aside assets that can be liquidated to satisfy the guarantee even if that means that some assets will not be fully deployed to gain additional leverage.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
But some observers believe there’s nothing Paramount could agree to that would satisfy the state AGs or other opponents of the deal.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026

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Footage aired by local media showed massive flames and fireballs erupting from the tank, with black and orange smoke rising in the sky as firefighters spray what appears to be foam or water in efforts to quench the intense fire.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
In all the time since, the water flowed through that line under the many incarnations of the Sunset Strip, feeding smaller pipes that quenched a growing metropolis that expanded from about 500,000 people to 4 million.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of quench

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