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douse

verb
  1. cover with liquid
    soak
  2. slacken
    “douse a rope”
    dowse
  3. lower quickly
    “douse a sail”
  4. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
    dunk
  5. dip into a liquid
    dip
  6. wet thoroughly
    dowse
  7. put out, as of a candle or a light
    put out