He 'died of/from thirst'. [=he died because he did not have enough fluids in his body]
He 'quenched his thirst' by drinking a bottle of water.
He quenched his 'thirst'. [=he had a drink]
(..) Did you know that having a hangover... ...is not having enough water in your body... ...to run your Krebs cycle? Which is exactly what happens to you when you're dying of thirst. So, dying of thirst... ...would probably feel... ...pretty much like the hangover that finally bloody kills you. (..)2001 A Beautiful Mind