SLAKE Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

slake

verb

ˈslāk

as in to satisfy

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

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Recent Examples of slake Asia London Palomba is a Travel + Leisure writer from Rome who travels internationally several times a year to visit her family in Italy or to slake her wanderlust in various European and Asian countries. —

Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024 Still, no concession from the British government is likely to slake the nationalists' thirst for a referendum. —

Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012 All of that winter moisture had simply sunken or slaked the thirsty vegetation, and vanished. —

Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024 China’s impressive portfolio of developmental accomplishments has never been able to fully slake this longing of party leaders to win the acceptance and respect of the very countries that, because of their censoriousness, China simultaneously treats as adversaries. —

Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2022 See all Example Sentences for slake