Definition of "drenches" [drenches]

• Third person singular simple present of to drench. (verb)

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• "Chevron and its partner, BrightSource Energy Inc., in late August began making steam from the sunlight that drenches the San Joaquin Valley in what is by far the largest such facility in the world."
• "Feeling his voice is futile, in Greig's Fragile, mental-health patient Jack drenches himself in petrol, ready to set himself alight."
• "Clouds have rolled on in, hiding the sun, and the insects slowly head for shelter under the leaves before the rain starts to fall and drenches them."