Dousing

Synonyms for "dousing" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

baptism burialburning outchoking controlling damping dip dipping

Noun(2 words)

drench drenching

Strong matches (14)

duck ducking dunking dying engulfment extinction extinguishmentfire fightingflame-outgoing out

Noun(4 words)

ducking extinguish extinguishment hosing

Related words (23)

immergence immersion inundationputting outquenching sinking smotheration smothering snuffing souse sousing stifling submergence submersion

Noun(9 words)

immersion quench quenching smother soak soaking submersion wet wetting

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries

actextinguishing actionfirefighting actionliquid applicationwetting

More specific

5 entries

drenchingfire suppressionflame quenchingsoakingwater application

Collocations

10 entries

dampening actiondousing procedureextinguishing methodextinguishment by waterfire suppressionflame quenchingsoaking actionwater applicationwetting agentwetting process

Inflections

3 entries

doused douses dousings

Derivations

2 entries

douse doused

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (12729974)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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