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quenchera1382

A person who or thing which quenches something; spec. (a) Physics a material which quenches luminescence in a substance (cf. quench, v. 8c); (b) E

hammer1382

figurative. A person or agency that smites, beats down, or crushes, as with blows of a hammer.

suppresser1543

= suppressor, n. (in various senses).

suppressor1560

A person who or a thing which suppresses (in various senses of the verb). Cf. suppressant, n.

quench-coal1615

Something which extinguishes burning coal. Chiefly figurative: an extinguisher, a deterrent.

pulverizer1635

A person who or thing which pulverizes something; an instrument or machine that reduces something to powder or that reduces a liquid to spray. Also…

stifler1642

One who or something which stifles, suffocates, smothers, suppresses, etc.

smotherer1648

One who or that which smothers.

queller1804

A person who or thing which subdues someone or something.

overwhelmer1807

A person who or thing which overwhelms; a conqueror.

cold douche1835

a stream of cold water directed against some part of the body as a remedial treatment; also figurative; hence cold-douching.

squelcher1854

One who, or that which, squelches; a squelching or crushing blow, leading article, etc.

putter-down1869

(a) a person who puts something down (in various senses) (see to put down at put, v. phrasal verbs 1); esp. a person who disparages someone or…

steamroller1896

figurative (colloquial). A crushing power or force. Also attributive.

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