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Definition of slake

cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"
make less active or intense
satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"

Similar Words: slack, abate, quench, allay, assuage

Hyponyms: air-slake

Entailments: consume, ingest, take in, take, have

Derivational Morphology: slack, slump, drop-off, falloff, falling off

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