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douse

verb

1 douse

Put out, as of a candle or a light:
— Douse the lights.

synonym: put out.

Roget 388a: go out, die out, burn out; fizzle.    extinguish; damp, slack, quench, smother; put out, stamp out; douse, snuff, ... show more

Dutch: blussen

2 douse

Wet thoroughly.

synonym: dowse.

3 douse

Dip into a liquid.

synonyms: dip, duck.

4 douse

Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.

synonyms: dip, dunk, plunge, souse.

Roget 310: plunge, dip, souse, duck; dive, plump; take a plunge, take a header; make a plunge; bathe etc. (water) 337.    submerge, ... show more

Roget 337: be watery etc. adj.; reek.    add water, water, wet; moisten etc. 339; dilute, dip, immerse; merge; ... show more

5 douse

Lower quickly.

6 douse

Slacken:
— Douse a rope.

synonym: dowse.

7 douse

Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.

synonyms: dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse.

Dutch: doordrenken


noun

Roget 972: punishment, punition; chastisement, chastening; correction, castigation.    discipline, infliction, trial; judgment; penalty etc. 974; retribution; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: bang, baptize, bash, bat, belt, blow out, bop, bury, cast off, choke, crack, damp, deluge, dip, doff, drench, drop, drown, duck, dunk ... show more.

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