Stanch (Verb)
Meaning
Stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Apply pressure to the wound to stanch the bleeding immediately.
- Use this absorbent cloth to stanch the flow of oil from the leak.
- The nurse worked to stanch the blood flow from the patient's cut.
- The rescue team struggled to stanch the massive flow of water from the crashed oil tanker.
- Rescue efforts focused on nearby residents first, working quickly to stanch the rising floodwaters.