#quenching

• Quenching — The act of calming, soothing, or quenching and its result; the process of appeasing, subduing, or satisfying a physiological need or a state of physical or psychological disturbance. It is a deverbal noun used to indicate the act of moderating an agitated element.
• Thirst-quenching — Having the quality of soothing, calming, subduing, or refreshing; an element, remedy, liquid, or factor that alleviates suffering, calms agitation, or quenches an acute physiological need such as thirst or hunger.
• Austenitizing — A technological heat treatment operation involving the heating of steel or cast iron above the critical transformation temperature, followed by holding at that temperature, to convert the initial microstructure completely or partially into a homogeneous solid solution of austenite.