1. The act of wetting something by submerging it
   "The firefighter's dousing of the embers ensured the fire was completely out";
   - submersion, immersion, ducking

1. Extinguish a fire or light
   "Douse the lights";
   - put out
    
2. Wet thoroughly
   "She doused herself with cold water";
   - dowse
    
3. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   "The rain doused us completely";
   - drench, dowse, soak, sop, souse
    
4. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
   "douse the garment into the cleaning solution";
   - dunk, dip, souse, plunge
    
5. Immerse into a liquid
   "They doused the fire with water";
   - dip, duck
    
6. Lower quickly
   "douse a sail"
    
7. Slacken
   "douse a rope";
   - dowse

Type of: extinguish, furl, immerse, plunge, quench, remit, slacken, snuff out, wet, wetting

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