as in rinses
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 irrigates
Today, water from the massive lake, fed by the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, irrigates farms across the Central Valley and provides drinking water for Silicon Valley, including San Jose.
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Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
If there’s a long delay before the next rain, run your irrigation once every two weeks or once a month, depending on the types of plants each zone irrigates.
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Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Dec. 2025
Water from the Central Valley Project irrigates roughly one-third of California agriculture, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
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CBS News,
6 Dec. 2025
The river also irrigates more than 850,000 acres of farmland — the highest concentration of irrigated acres of any river basin in Colorado.
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Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
The canal irrigates more than 108 square miles, the district said.
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Idaho Statesman,
14 Oct. 2025
Whatever irrigates the imagination and allows the soul to exhale.
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James Parker,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
If there’s a long delay before the next rain, run your irrigation once every two weeks or once a month, depending on the types of plants each zone irrigates.
—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Dec. 2025
Water from the Central Valley Project irrigates roughly one-third of California agriculture, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
—
CBS News,
6 Dec. 2025
The river also irrigates more than 850,000 acres of farmland — the highest concentration of irrigated acres of any river basin in Colorado.
—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
The canal irrigates more than 108 square miles, the district said.
—
Idaho Statesman,
14 Oct. 2025
Whatever irrigates the imagination and allows the soul to exhale.
—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrigates
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Plus, its self-cleaning function rinses the brushroll after each use and dumps the debris into the dirt tank.
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Moisture is why LaMarita never rinses cauliflower before tucking it into the crisper.
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Savage showers, washes the dishes in black gloves, takes out the trash and heads out for flowers and lingerie.
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After each print, the machine washes the leftover pigment from its gears, turning the once distinctly red and blue dyes into an oozing purple liquid.
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Scanlon flushes out Daniel by holding his girlfriend Jane (Eve Hewson) hostage.
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This process flushes out toxic metabolic byproducts, including amyloid-beta.
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This floods the market with a black box of undifferentiated output.
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Melatonin floods the brain and body, telling each cell that night has come.
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“Irrigates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrigates. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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