The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.
The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.
To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.
An act or state of being stifled.
A bone disease of this region.
The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe.
To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its stifle joint.
To die of suffocation.
To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.