douched

verb

past tense of douche
as in flowed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for douched
  1. flowed
  2. hosed
  3. saturated
  4. gushed
  5. soaked
  6. drenched
  7. flooded
  8. rushed
Verb
  • From there, wine flowed as attendees tucked into filet mignon and sea bass while chatting across large burgundy floral centerpieces.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
  • While the broader economy has grown at a healthy rate, the gains have disproportionately flowed to the wealthiest households.
    — Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of flowed
Verb
  • Later, Gillotte, who got hosed on a roughing the passer penalty that had Andy Reid bickering with officials, picked up his first sack of the season.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Soil fertility is mostly beside the point, and even an inconvenience, since lawns have to be mowed, leaves blown into piles, and pollen hosed off windshields in the spring.
    — James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of hosed
Verb
  • Old pollution that saturated the land was being flushed to the surface by rainfall, the reports argued.
    — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • After the chat has ended, the off-platform world appears saturated with patterns and meaningful coincidences.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of saturated
Verb
  • On the state’s side, a team of consultants took the lead, displaying a report with evidence that tied Citation’s injection to the wastewater that gushed to the surface in the Bayou.
    — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Celebrity wedding planner Tara Guérard—who didn’t work on Swift and Kelce’s wedding—spoke with The Daily Mail and gushed over the decor.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of gushed
Verb
  • Make sure the stains are thoroughly soaked, then wait 10 minutes.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2026
  • These microbes formed biopolymers that soaked the sand, creating a mesh that traps nearby particles.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of soaked
Verb
  • Thick, brown floodwaters Areas of southern Utah, southwest Colorado, and the northern parts of Arizona and New Mexico were drenched with rain leading to rapidly rising floodwaters, Thursday and Friday.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The discovery was made Wednesday in the Hickory Ridge area of east Charlotte, and responding officers report a man drenched in sweat tried to rub them down with garlic and bite them, according to an affidavit.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of drenched
Verb
  • The swells flooded parts of the Pacific Coast Highway, forcing the closure of multiple stretches of the road in Huntington Beach.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The town was flooded when the Nova Kakhovka Dam collapsed in 2023.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • Portis rushed to his teammates’ defense, getting into Gafford’s face before the two teams separated them.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Wessel was rushed to hospital; Hohler was arrested a couple of days later.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of rushed
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