Dousing

Synonyms for "dousing" (36 found)

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submersion baptism burial burning out choking controlling damping dip

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dipping duck ducking dunking dying engulfment extinction extinguishment fire fighting

Noun(1 words)

Related words (18)

flame-out going out immergence immersion inundation putting out quenching sinking smotheration smothering snuffing soaking souse sousing stifling submergence

Noun(2 words)

immersion submersion

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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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