HOSED (DOWN) Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

hosed (down)

verb

past tense of hose (down)

as in flooded

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Roads and dozens of homes were also flooded and some areas remained without power.

— Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The bars are flooded with single people dressed in their sexiest getups and looking vaguely uncomfortable.

— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of flooded

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Torrents overwhelmed infrastructure, cutting power to tens of thousands of homes, flooding about 170 houses and blocking roads, while a landslide hit Togane and muddy water inundated cars and railway tracks.

— Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Winchester, too, was inundated by more than 4 inches of precipitation.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of inundated

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Disaster can strike in regions unaccustomed to their fury, as North Carolinians in the western end of the state painfully learned in 2024 as Hurricane Helene deluged the region.

— Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
In some cases, communities that endured flooding on Wednesday are being deluged once again.

— Bill Chappell, NPR, 16 July 2026

Definition of deluged

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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

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Elarms-Orr has been sprinkled into first-team time throughout open practices.

— Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Warren Buffett went long in his annual letters to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders—often 10,000-plus words, deep on the year’s lessons and the company’s results, sprinkled with folksy wisdom.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of sprinkled

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The film examines Short’s upbringing in Hamilton, Ontario as the youngest of five siblings, showered with love and attention from his earliest days (perhaps the only dark cloud in those blue skies being his father’s alcohol problem).

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
For three months, the two rappers slept, showered and worked there.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of showered

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Every bag the dancers carried into rehearsal — from Trader Joe’s totes to a Target shopper — overflowed with layer upon layer of real ballet core, each piece serving a purpose for that dancer’s practice, but also expressing something more personal.

— Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Like a flower that doesn’t close even at night, her dark soul overflowed all around.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of overflowed

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