Definition of "doused" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of douse. (verb)

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• "The sun eventually broke through, but rain doused the course by late afternoon and left patches of water on the roads."
• "The lights had been "doused" as Nat, the acting stage manager, expressed it, and only a dim glow illuminated the tableau."
• "The single word doused the gathering of coals that Carissa’s imagination had been fanning into a fire."