Quenches

verb

1. To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.

   "The library quenched her thirst for knowledge."

2. To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
3. 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."

4. To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
5. To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.