verb
To immerse in water
submerge, splash, drench; see immerse 1, soak 1.
To put out
quench, drown out, snuff out, splash; see extinguish 1.
See douse in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To plunge briefly in or into a liquid:
To make thoroughly wet:
To cause to stop burning or giving light:
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