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Punish
- verb - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
Punkah
- noun - a large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling; used in India for circulating air in a room
Purdah
- noun - a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
- a state of social isolation
- the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
Putsch
- noun - a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
Quaich
- - A small shallow cup or drinking vessel.
Queach
- - A thick, bushy plot; a thicket.
Quench
- verb - cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"
- electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
- reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
- satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
- suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
Quetch
- verb - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"