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quencher

quencher: exstinctor, ōris. m. (rare): cf. sedebas, non exstinctor sed auctor incendii (not quenching, but fanning the flames), Cic. Pis. 11, 26: v. EXTINGUISHER. Fig.: exst. conjurationis, Auct. Or. pro Domo, 38, 101: ext. regiae domus (Cassandra), Just. 16, 1: v. DESTROYER: ANNIHILATOR: also expr. by the verbs.

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