drench
Soak completely through
To drench is to soak thoroughly with liquid, usually water: The sudden downpour drenched us.
Something drenched is completely saturated—not merely damp but soaked through.
The word often suggests being caught unprepared by rain or waves.
Figuratively, light or sound can drench a space by filling it completely: Sunlight drenched the room.
Soak to full capacity
- souseDrunkard or drench
- douseWet completely, often flames
- steepRising at sharp angle
- waterlogSoak until sodden
sodden · sopping · soaked · wet through · dripping · wringing wet · imbue · permeate
Intense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- rainstormHeavy precipitation event
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- delugeSevere overflow of water
gullywasher · torrential · precipitation · rainfall · showers · squall · thunderstorm · tempest
saturate
Soak to full capacity
waterlog · sodden · sopping · soaked · wet through · dripping · wringing wet · imbue · permeate · infuse
downpour
Intense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- rainstormHeavy precipitation event
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
deluge · gullywasher · torrential · precipitation · rainfall · showers · squall · thunderstorm · tempest · storm
overwhelm
Defeat by excess
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- engulfCompletely surround and cover
- inundateOverwhelm with excess
flood · overpower · overcome · consume · immerse · saturate · barrage · bombard · bury · swallow
inundate
Overwhelm with excess
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- engulfCompletely surround and cover
- delugeSevere overflow of water
overflow · submerge · cascade · surge · wash over · overwhelm · waterspout · spate · torrent · freshet
- cleaningcleaning, clean, housekeeping, clean up, daily cleaning
- rainrain, drizzling, downpour, raindrop, raindrops
- water fightswater balloons, water guns, squirt guns, water blasters, water bombs
- water motionsplash, pour, flow, trickle, gush
- absorbsoak, soak up, sponge, imbibe, blot
- overflowingoverflow, brimming, brimful, running over, spill