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past participle of douse.
past tense form of douse.

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dipped adj.
extinct adj.
out adj.
watered adj.
watery adj.

ADJECTIVE

dipped

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soaked

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bathed coated covered drenched dunked plunged soused steeped wet

ADJECTIVE

extinct

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abolished archaic asleep bygone cold dead and gone deceased defunct departed disappeared done for ended exanimate exterminated extinguished fallen gone inactive late lifeless lost no longer known outmoded passed on passé snuffed out superseded terminated unknown vanished vanquished void wiped-out

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alive existing extant living

ADJECTIVE

out

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away outside

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absent antiquated cold dated dead ended exhausted expired extinguished finished impossible outmoded

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at an end behind the times démodé not allowed not on old-fashioned old-hat passé ruled out unacceptable unfashionable used-up

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animated existing incomplete interested modern new saved stored unfinished warm

WEAK

here possible

ADJECTIVE

watered

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STRONG

bathed drenched flooded hosed irrigated quenched showered sprayed sprinkled washed wet wetted

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WEAK

dry thirsty

ADJECTIVE

watery

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colorless damp moist runny

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adulterated anemic aqueous bloodless dilute flavorless fluid humid insipid marshy pale serous sodden soggy tasteless thin washed water-logged watered-down waterlike weak wet

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dry

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concentrated dehydrated solid

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doused

Video emerged on social media showing the jet ablaze while being doused by firefighters.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

That made it 92-85 and effectively doused the Lakers’ comeback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

They formed a line around the building to be doused with holy water by the parish priest.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

He posted a video on TikTok of his experiment: Spending the day in clothes doused with an entire bottle of Axe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

After a moment of silence, I heard die sizzle of the water as Timothy doused the torch.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

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