douse (douses 3rd person present) (dousing present participle) (doused past tense & past participle ), dowse
1 verb If you douse a fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it.
The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water. V n
2 verb If you douse someone or something with a liquid, you throw a lot of that liquid over them.
They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol. V n with/in n