hosed (down)

verb

past tense of hose (down)
as in flooded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hosed (down)
  1. flooded
  2. inundated
  3. deluged
  4. moistened
  5. wet down
  6. sprinkled
  7. showered
  8. overflowed
Verb
  • Whether driven by admiration or nostalgia for his first spell, the club’s fans flooded the comments section welcoming back their hero.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Chinese companies, including DeepSeek, have previously flooded the market with more affordable, open models that typically lag behind the most cutting-edge software from US rivals but nonetheless can undercut them on price.
    — Michael Shepard, Fortune, 24 July 2026
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • The reopening of Sunset Boulevard this week following a trunk line break that inundated West Hollywood with 17 million gallons of water hit a setback on Wednesday when crews discovered another leak.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • Five years later, Florida school boards are still inundated with requests to ban books.
    — Trinity Webster-Bass, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Definition of inundated
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  • In some cases, communities that endured flooding on Wednesday are being deluged once again.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 16 July 2026
  • The areas most at risk of dangerous flash flooding Wednesday are nearly identical to the ones that were deluged on Tuesday, including parts of the western Hill Country, the Edwards Plateau and the Rio Grande Valley near the US-Mexico border.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Definition of deluged
Verb
  • After watering, dig a small hole to check if the top 6 inches or so of soil are moistened.
    — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Once chilled, the cake becomes perfectly moistened, giving the entire dish the texture of a custard.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
Definition of moistened
Verb
  • Start by wetting down the concrete to prevent the cleaner from drying too quickly.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
  • To prevent infection, if cleaning a structure that might have harbored rodents, Yancey recommends wearing a mask and using a diluted bleach solution to wet down any dust or loose debris.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Definition of wet down
Verb
  • Earlier this month, Godwin kicked off the Christian Name Tour, which will run through November and take him coast to coast — with come co-headline appearances with Dylan Gossett sprinkled in during August and September.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
  • In most cases, the honest answer is a pilot here, a copilot there—AI sprinkled onto processes that were never designed for it.
    — Karthik Kannan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of sprinkled
Verb
  • On visits to Newcastle for talk-ins or events, he was showered with love.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Emmy voters showered stars with attention Wednesday morning, and not just in the acting categories.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Definition of showered
Verb
  • By evening, crowds overflowed outside the site and spilled onto the streets and lanes.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Mason took the list and started a conversation with another kid his age whose hands overflowed with stickers.
    — Maria Jose Gutierrez-Chavez, Curbed, 17 July 2026
Definition of overflowed
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