verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
douse the flames (= pour water on them to make them stop )
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We used a bucket of water to douse the flames.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
flame
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Mike Chittenden staggered in flames into a neighbouring office, where terrified workers doused the flames and administered first aid.
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An over-clumsy turn of the flame adjuster towards the low heat setting can douse the flame.
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They heard his screams and doused the flames before calling emergency services.
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He dropped a lighted match in his lap, tried to douse the flames with brandy, and turned into a fireball.
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Sprinklers doused the flames as the fire brigade arrived to finish the job.
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The youngsters, aged 12 and six, were unable to douse the flames and Paul Griffiths died in hospital.
water
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Along the route they were greeted by cheering crowds and doused with rose water .
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A slight breeze rose to cool his scalp, which had been sun-baked, then doused with water until it tingled.
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After the fire had died down the rock was doused with cold water .
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Deion sneaked up behind the announcer, who was wired for sound, and doused him with ice water .
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Only two persons in the audience reacted to this sentence, but to them it was like being doused with ice-cold water .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A slight breeze rose to cool his scalp, which had been sun-baked, then doused with water until it tingled.
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An over-clumsy turn of the flame adjuster towards the low heat setting can douse the flame.
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He dropped a lighted match in his lap, tried to douse the flames with brandy, and turned into a fireball.
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More of the reeking petrol was doused over him.
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One is prone to dousing the headlights accidentally while signaling.
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The other old ladies are cutting up, making jokes, and Doi-san douses one of them with a bucket of water.
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The woman douses back, and some one else flips at Doi-san with a washcloth.
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They heard his screams and doused the flames before calling emergency services.