douse
Kill with water
Douse means to drench with liquid or to extinguish: douse the flames, douse the lights.
You might douse a campfire with water or douse yourself with cologne.
The word suggests sudden, thorough application.
To douse can also mean to lower quickly, as with a sail.
The spelling dowse typically refers to searching for water with a divining rod—a different word.
Satisfy or extinguish
- smotherDeprive of air
- snuffPowdered tobacco for sniffing
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- blanketSoft bed covering
firefighter · fire · flames · bucket · water · sand · foam · blaze
Saturate with liquid
- saturateSoak to full capacity
- wetSaturated with liquid
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
pour · deluge · drench · shower · bucket · hose · dunk · slosh
quench
Satisfy or extinguish
blanket · firefighter · fire · flames · bucket · water · sand · foam · blaze · campfire
soak
Saturate with liquid
spray · pour · deluge · drench · shower · bucket · hose · dunk · slosh · spatter
plunge
Sudden steep descent
sink · submersion · baptize · steep · bath · vat · tank · liquid · lower · duck
darken
Diminish light in
- dimLow in light
- blackoutComplete power loss
- switch offCease device operation
shut off · kill · snuff · lantern · lamp · torch · deck lights · nautical · nightfall
- cleaningcleaning, clean, housekeeping, clean up, daily cleaning
- campfire safetywater bucket, fire ring, extinguish, smother, ember
- camping activitiescamp, hike, fish, swim, cook
- heat and fireignite, burn, flame, blaze, combust
- liquid flowpour, flow, gush, spill, drip
- weather verbsrain, snow, hail, sleet, drizzle