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Main Entry:
douse
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dous
]
/
daʊs
/
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douse
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Example Sentences
Douse
the car and everything in it with gasoline and set it on fire.
At one point, firefighters in neighboring buildings used ropes to pull up water hoses and
douse
the flames from above.
His parents never suspected because, before he got home from the doughnut shop, he would
douse
his hair with a hose.
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Douse
the car and everything in it with gasoline and set it on fire.
At one point, firefighters in neighboring buildings used ropes to pull up water hoses and
douse
the flames from above.
His parents never suspected because, before he got home from the doughnut shop, he would
douse
his hair with a hose.
Winter wheat seedlings, usually dependent on a
douse
of fall rain for early life, are dying in the ground.
Douse
tops with water occasionally, feed regularly, groom by removing old leafstalks.
There's still fire in their hearts, despite the director's efforts to
douse
it with caramel.
And to sprinkle on the lemon, much in the way you
douse
it on oysters.
The spray can that was used to
douse
students is getting its own special treatment.
Three sauces sat in bowls and blenders, ready to
douse
whatever needed dousing.
Overhead sprinklers
douse
it with water for four hours.
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