Dousing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is doused.

    "But the Royal Commission learned that he also employed water-dousings and a vicious device called the "punishment jacket" to inflict varying degrees of physical and psychological torments upon the inmates under his care."

  2. 2
    the act of wetting something by submerging it wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of douse form-of, gerund, participle, present

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submersionbaptismburialburning outchokingcontrolling

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"He forgot his umbrella home and got caught in a dousing downpour."

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