quench

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
2. 2
   To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
3. 3
   To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
4. 4
   To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
5. 5
   To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
6. 6
   To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.

Noun

1. 1
   The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.
2. 2
   The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
3. 3
   A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.