verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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thirst
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Before continuing we slaked thirsts with warm water from our own bottles - we couldn't find any streams.
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We chewed salted sunflower seeds, and slaked our thirst .
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It is diverted hundreds of miles along aqueducts to slake the thirst of Los Angeles, Phoenix and Tucson.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Before continuing we slaked thirsts with warm water from our own bottles - we couldn't find any streams.
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Dessert selections at San Remo are modest but provide ample opportunity to slake that end-of-the-meal sweet craving.
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He had managed to slake her lust.
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My thirst for knowledge had been slaked, surpassed by a hunger for cash.
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The trouble was that George had a needling propensity for deception that could not be slaked.
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We chewed salted sunflower seeds, and slaked our thirst.