slake

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SLAKE

to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire) <a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure>

Synonyms assuage, quench, sate, satiate, slake

Related Words cater (to), gratify, humor, indulge; alleviate, lighten, relieve; cloy, saturate, surfeit

Near Antonyms arouse, excite, pique, stimulate; tantalize, tease

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