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1. The act of wetting something by submerging it
   - submersion, immersion, ducking

1. Put out, as of a candle or a light
   "Douse the lights";
   - put out
    
2. Wet thoroughly
   - dowse
    
3. Immerse into a liquid
   - dip, duck
    
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. Lower quickly
   "douse a sail"
    
6. Slacken
   "douse a rope";
   - dowse
    
7. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   "douse water on his hot face";
   - drench, dowse, soak, sop, souse

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

Encyclopedia: Dousing