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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of dousing a fire, as a firefighter might put down a fire by dousing it with a large amount of water. literally, uncountable
2. 2
   Extensive and possibly excessive criticism of an idea by presenting an overwhelming number of arguments against it. figuratively, uncountable
3. 3
   Video camera movement intended to record as much of a scene as possible, such as by swinging the camera from side to side, usually in a way that makes the resulting footage worthless. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

fireboat

Etymology

From firehose + -ing.

Related phrases

video camera

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