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as in wets
to make wet
we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm
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as in soaks
to wet thoroughly with liquid
when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet
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Recent Examples of drenches
Or, systemic insecticide treatments with dinotefuran or imidacloprid can be used as trunk sprays, trunk injections or soil drenches depending on the label.
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Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
The indulgence becomes not only possible but mandatory with Lollia’s Kiss Me Again Bubble Bath solution, which drenches skin in moisture by way of high-performing olive and avocado oils.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Throughout Friday, temperatures are expected to fall as rain drenches the area.
—Lauren Caruba, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
The campers swim in the animosity that drenches the airwaves and cyberspaces around them.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
On Girl Violence, Strauss drenches her songs in feedback and languor, adding heat to her expressions of desire and comfort to her feelings of anxiety.
—Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Accents include custom furnishings, abstract expressionism art, wallcoverings inspired by traditional Italian craft paper, bas-relief plaster wall art and mood lighting that drenches the room in sunset shades.
—Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2026
The indulgence becomes not only possible but mandatory with Lollia’s Kiss Me Again Bubble Bath solution, which drenches skin in moisture by way of high-performing olive and avocado oils.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Throughout Friday, temperatures are expected to fall as rain drenches the area.
—Lauren Caruba, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
The campers swim in the animosity that drenches the airwaves and cyberspaces around them.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
On Girl Violence, Strauss drenches her songs in feedback and languor, adding heat to her expressions of desire and comfort to her feelings of anxiety.
—Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Accents include custom furnishings, abstract expressionism art, wallcoverings inspired by traditional Italian craft paper, bas-relief plaster wall art and mood lighting that drenches the room in sunset shades.
—Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drenches
Verb
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Sweat that can’t escape wets a jacket’s layer of insulation and accelerates heat loss.—
Longji Cui,
The Conversation,
26 Dec. 2025
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But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The clothes are loaded, water and detergent or a stain removal product are added, and the laundry soaks with minimal agitation to help loosen dirt and break apart stubborn stains.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
19 Feb. 2026
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Rain soaks everyone to the skin every day, yet no one remembers an umbrella.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Astronaut moves fast, driven by passion and curiosity that drowns out fear.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
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Low and invisible ambient light under stormy skies typically drowns out the light that coronae emit in the visible spectrum our eyes can see, so their camera and periscope system made that lower light more visible.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Water pools in your eyes as serotonin saturates your nervous system.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
25 Feb. 2026
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Here, an easy sauce of olive oil, lemon juice, fresh rosemary, capers, and garlic saturates whole small red potatoes and crispy chicken thighs and legs in flavor.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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And believe me, a person who receives warmth, love, and care from us—who washes and styles their hair—is someone who walks back into the world feeling confident, inspired, and ready to spread kindness further.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
24 Feb. 2026
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The meaning of consciousness is immersion in multitudinous flowing tastes, olfactory rumors, vibrations, racing to understand before the ocean washes them away, these sensations like spherical and syncopated waves crashing against her hundred tentacles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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One of Johnson’s timeliest essays, though, is about Alien, Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror about an extraterrestrial creature that forcibly impregnates a member of a commercial hauling ship, killing him when the alien fetus bursts out of his abdomen.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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The floating center console creates handbag storage and an available dual pane sunroof floods the cabin with light.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
24 Feb. 2026
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The title floods the screen, in lavishly flowing script, a whopping 49 minutes into this 108-minute neo-noir, not far off the halfway mark.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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As the moon moves through Earth's shadow, sunlight filtering through our atmosphere bathes it in shades of red and orange, turning the moon blood red.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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In the wilderness, to a strummy, whistling score, Dunk bathes in a stream and beats his clothes against a rock.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Drenches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drenches. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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