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Examples of slake
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This should help slake the public's thirst for revenge against Wall Street.
From the timesunion.com
Otherwise what will maintain dry season river flows to slake China's voracious thirst?
From the guardian.co.uk
His primal hunger was such that no number of books could ever slake it.
From the sfgate.com
Once a year, the bikers visit Gold Point to slake their thirst and soak in the atmosphere.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Parched by unpredictable droughts, he has migrated thousands of miles to slake his thirst.
From the time.com
Those whose wounds drove them to slake their parching thirst drank water mingled in gore.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As we have always done, we slake our miseries with imagined worlds.
From the guardian.co.uk
No island so vibrant could be desiccated of all those moments that slake a traveler's soul.
From the sltrib.com
Have a pint of local ale to slake your thirst and order from the traditional and modern food menu.
From the abcnews.go.com
- Quench: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
- Make less active or intense
- Slack: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"
- (Slaking (geology)) Slaking is the process in which earth materials disintegrate and crumble when exposed to moisture. The term can be applied to natural geologic formations, land modified by or for human use, or to the use of earth materials in manufacturing or industry.
- Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts. [11th-17th c.]; To slacken; to become relaxed or loose. [11th-16th c.]; To satisfy (thirst, or other desires); to quench. [from 14th c.]; To cool (something) with water or another liquid. [from 14th c.]
- (slaked) calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2 (hydrated lime, caustic calcareous earth).
- (slaking) the breaking down of soil aggregates when immersed in water.
- (Slaking) A process that take place in a "pit" during which heated carbonate of liem (in the form of chalk, limestone or marble) has water added to it, producing calcium hydrate. The reaction is exothermic, reaching 200+ degrees Fahrenheit within seconds, and potentially explosive. ...
- (slaking) process by which water is added to quick lime (CaO) to produce lime putty (Ca (OH)2) and, as a side effect, produces a large amount of heat
