quench

(noun): The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
(noun): A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.
(verb): To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
(verb): To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
(verb): To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
(verb): To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
(verb): To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.