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irrigated

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verb

past tense of irrigate
as in washed
to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse if you get the chemical in your eye, irrigate the eye thoroughly with water

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrigated
Adjective
  • Any longer than that and the active ingredients in the brine and the au jus packet will make the chicken more mealy than moist.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
  • And climate change is now generating more of that warmer, moister air.
    Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • There was a lot of talk about Aaron Rodgers being washed.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Separately, norovirus outbreaks can also spring from food that was contaminated at the source and that’s often eaten raw, like shellfish harvested from virus-laden water or produce washed with it.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Carpenter's go-to makeup look — characterized by flushed cheeks, fluttery lashes and rosy lips — must also be adaptable.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Side effects are similar to other PDE-5 inhibitors, including headache, flushed skin, nasal congestion, nasopharyngitis (nasal and throat infection), and back pain.6 Testosterone Low testosterone levels, a condition known as hypogonadism, can contribute to ED.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Analytics and technology have flooded the sport.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The president and his blindly loyal aides claim the tariffs, which reached an idiotic 104% in duties on all goods from China overnight, are working because the White House is being flooded with calls from foreign governments.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But the military, like industry, already had some indication of aqueous film-forming foam’s (AFFF) toxic effects decades before such information became public knowledge.
    Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Re-entering, Marsalis starts out playing gentle, aqueous phrases, then steadily crescendoes to a piercing intensity for the final theme statement, the band swelling to match him as his tone grows ever more urgent.
    Hank Shteamer, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Additionally, there’s a humid sauna for a deeper relaxation experience.
    Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Twenty-seven years in a barrel, through hot and humid Kentucky summers and icy cold winters, should turn a bourbon into a tannic oak bomb.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Fallen blossoms whisper on the damp earth, a fleeting poem of transience.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • Make sure your skin is damp but not soaking wet—otherwise the shaving cream can slip off your skin.
    Megan Gustashaw, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Irrigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrigated. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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