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…
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| 释义 | the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming > one who or that which (14) 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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