verb
- to stop or check the flow of blood or other liquid
adjective
- steadfast and loyal in attitude or belief
Examples
- The nurse applied pressure to stanch the bleeding from the wound.
- He used a towel to stanch the flow of water from the broken pipe.
- She is a stanch supporter of environmental protection.
- The senator remained a stanch advocate for education reform.
- They tried to stanch the company’s financial losses.
- His stanch loyalty to his friends never wavered.