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douse
verb
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
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verb
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
“Souse water on his hot face”
verb
Slacken
“Douse a rope”
verb
Lower quickly
“Douse a sail”
verb
Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
“Dip the garment into the cleaning solution”
verb
Dip into a liquid
“He dipped into the pool”
verb
Wet thoroughly
verb
Put out, as of a candle or a light
“Douse the lights”
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Souse water on his hot face
Douse a rope
Douse a sail
Dip the garment into the cleaning solution
Dip the brush into the paint
He dipped into the pool
Douse the lights
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