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Inflections of 'douse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

douses: v 3rd person singular

dousing: v pres p

doused: v past

doused: v past p

douse
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Sense: To immerse in water

Synonyms:

submerge, splash , drench, immerse , soak , put underwater, sink , plunge , dunk, duck , dip , drown , souse

Sense: To put out

Synonyms:

quench , drown out, snuff out, splash , extinguish, put out

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