dousing
Pouring water over
Dousing is pouring liquid over something, typically to drench or extinguish: dousing the campfire with water, The protesters were doused with pepper spray.
To douse lights is to extinguish them quickly.
Dousing also refers to the practice of using a forked stick or rod to locate underground water or minerals—also called dowsing or water witching.
Visible burning combustion
- fireCombustion with flames
- blazeIntense burning fire
- smotheringDepriving of air
- suppressingForcibly restraining or inhibiting
snuffing · sprinkler · hydrant · hose · firetruck · foam · blanket · sand
Thoroughly wet throughout
- soakedThoroughly wet throughout
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
- drippingRendered cooking fat
sopping · soggy · splashed · immersed · submerged · wet · sloshed · splattered
Need for fluid
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- refreshmentLight food or drink
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- reliefEasing of distress
satisfying · slaking · gulping · hydrating · reviving · soothing · heat · overheated
Suspended swinging weight
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
- locatingDetermining position of
flames
Visible burning combustion
- fireCombustion with flames
- blazeIntense burning fire
- smotheringDepriving of air
suppressing · snuffing · sprinkler · hydrant · hose · firetruck · foam · blanket · sand · water
drenched
Thoroughly wet throughout
- soakedThoroughly wet throughout
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
dripping · sopping · soggy · splashed · immersed · submerged · wet · sloshed · splattered · showered
thirst
Need for fluid
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- refreshmentLight food or drink
- coolingLosing thermal energy
relief · satisfying · slaking · gulping · hydrating · reviving · soothing · heat · overheated · splash
pendulum
Suspended swinging weight
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
locating · sensing · witching · supernatural · groundwater
washing
Cleaning with liquid
flushing · bathing · splashing · scrubbing · swabbing · showering · freshening · sponging
- hosing downrinsing, spraying, drenching, flushing, sluicing
- immersionimmerse, submersion, submerge, total immersion, deep dive
- wettingwetting, dampening, moistening, soaking, drenching
- sailingsailboat, sailing, sails, sailboats, catamaran
- eliminatingeliminating, eradicating, wiping out, exterminating, abolishing
- fire usesburning, campfire, bonfire, grilling, roasting
dousingigniting
Causing to burn
lighting · kindling · setting alight · inflaming · sparking
dousingdrying
Moisture removal process
dehydrating · desiccating · parching · wringing out · draining
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