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drenched

adjective as in dipped

adjective as in smothered

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Weak match

adjective as in soaked

adjective as in sodden

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adjective as in waterlogged

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It's not long since the 1,400 acre farm had the opposite problem, drenched by record-breaking rainfall.

From BBC

“Blade Runner” — “the official nightmare of Los Angeles,” according to filmmaker and critic Thom Andersen — depicts a dark, heavily polluted urban center with flying vehicles and residents drenched in a constant downpour of acid rain.

One of the deadliest in recent memory occurred in July 2012, when 190mm of rain drenched the city in a day, killing 79 people.

From BBC

Her saffron sari was drenched in blood and she had no pulse.

From BBC

Footage from al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat showed chaotic scenes as young men with gunshot wounds were carried in, groaning in pain and some drenched in blood.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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