QUENCHING

To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.

"The library quenched her thirst for knowledge."

To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).

To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.

"The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter."

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.