Definition of "drenching" [drenching]

• Present participle of drench. (verb)
• The act by which something is drenched; a soaking. (noun)

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• "(Even the hypnotizing black mammoth would lumber off on hearing those words, not wishing to be hit by the unpleasant drenching from a big bowl of water which would come next)."
• "We managed, however, to escape without any mishap, for the drenching was a boon to our burnt-up skins."
• "Meanwhile, Sydney copped a battering of wet and destructive weather but it should be spared from a further drenching, which is expected to hit regional NSW."