douse

Example Sentences

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Regular fertilizers such as urea, by contrast, douse plants in nitrogen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The earlier disaster may have helped douse a decades-long conflict between Aceh's separatists and the Indonesian government, but a simmering mistrust of Jakarta lingers.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

A quick douse in the shower, he says, is his usual trick to get them clean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

India's Coast Guard is continuing efforts to douse a fire on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Arabian Sea near the coast of the southern state of Kerala.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

“Put out the lights! I’ll douse the fire!”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman