hosing

The fire was out now, the firefighter hosing down the last embers, going through the crowd and checking for injuries.

He turned and shouted something at the fire-fighter, but he was already hosing down something else.

The night crew was moving through the empty Main Street, hosing down the streets, sweeping, scrubbing.

Many greenhouse insects can be kept more or less in check by careful and effective hosing of the plants at proper times.