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irrigate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of irrigate

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse

if you get the chemical in your eye, irrigate the eye thoroughly with water

Synonyms of irrigate

flush, rinse, sluice, wash, wash out

Words Related to irrigate

deluge, engulf, flood, inundate, swamp

flow, gush, rush, stream

drench, saturate, soak

douse (also dowse), slosh, splash

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