douse
Example Sentences
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As the story goes, Bellinger doused his property with water and, when the supply ran dry, resorted to cider.
On the night the fire broke out, Caruso voiced his fury on live television about empty fire hydrants and the overall lack of water to douse the flames.
From Los Angeles Times
It was as though someone had doused her in ice water.
From Literature
He shuffles off into the brush, shaking like I doused him in drool.
From Literature
The fire - which spread quickly both upwards and between the blocks - was only fully doused by Friday morning, some 40 hours after it started, and took more than 2,000 firefighters to bring under control.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
