Usually means: Pouring water to extinguish fire.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. dousing: Merriam-Webster
  2. dousing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dousing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Dousing, dousing: Wordnik
  5. dousing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. dousing: Wiktionary
  7. Dousing, dousing: Dictionary.com
  8. dousing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Dousing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Dousing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. dousing: Rhymezone
  12. Dousing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. dousing: FreeDictionary.org
  14. dousing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. dousing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dousing: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dousing: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dousing)

▸ noun:  The act by which something is doused.

Similar:
immersion, ducking, drenching, Dowse, soaking, downpouring, dunking, drizzling, drownage, dabbing, more...

Opposite:
igniting, kindling, lighting, sparking, starting

Types:
water dousing, oil dousing, fire dousing, sand dousing, chemical dousing, more...

Phrases:
dousing chock, more...

Adjectives:
good, thorough, cold, liberal, sudden, quick, second, daily, occasional, generous, constant



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Similar:
immersion, ducking, drenching, Dowse, soaking, downpouring, dunking, drizzling, drownage, dabbing, more...

Opposite:
igniting, kindling, lighting, sparking, starting

Types:
water dousing, oil dousing, fire dousing, sand dousing, chemical dousing, more...

Phrases:
dousing chock, more...

Adjectives:
good, thorough, cold, liberal, sudden, quick, second, daily, occasional, generous, constant



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