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douse verb [ daʊs ]

• pour a liquid over; drench.
• "he doused the car with petrol and set it on fire"
Similar: drench, soak, souse, saturate, drown, flood, inundate, deluge, wet, splash, slosh, hose down,
• extinguish (a fire or light).
• "stewards appeared and the fire was doused"
Similar: extinguish, put out, quench, stamp out, smother, beat out, dampen down, blow out, snuff out, dout,
• lower (a sail) quickly.
Origin: mid 16th century: perhaps imitative; compare souse.


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