water down

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for water down
Verb
  • Pureeing the fresh strawberries gives the lemonade body, but also ensures the strawberry flavor isn’t diluted.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 15 May 2025
  • This urine can simply be scattered around the ground, diluted into a fertilizer or disposed of in a toilet back home, depending on the situation.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Invest in backpacks with luggage sleeves and load them up with essentials for the flight: a change of clothes, something warm, hand sanitizer, diapers, wet wipes, snacks, coloring books, and non-noisy, mess-free toys.
    Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025
  • Roughly a dozen aquarium staff gathered at the Apollo Beach lab on May 7 to pack and load the corals into a moving truck bound for the Florida Keys.
    Max Chesnes, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • Crème Brûlée Steve Granitz Crème brûlée is like butter blonde, but dirtied up a bit for a browned, warm tint.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 2 May 2025
  • He’s come through with timely hits, dirtied his uniform on the bases and made an impact with his arm in the outfield.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Return overgrown grass to the proper height by raising the mower deck to cut the grass high.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025
  • The president also floated cutting Chinese tariffs to 80%.
    Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • The intent, the critics have said, is in fact to stifle findings about the noxious content that is increasingly polluting social media and political discourse.
    Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Leaks from this antiquated sewer system are polluting Rock Creek and threaten the public health of all those who come in contact with it.
    Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • And two, baking soda is an indiscriminate weed killer that poisons the soil.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
  • Years later, the toxic chemicals have poisoned Hong-rang’s body.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Pegasus is able to remotely infect user’s devices without their knowledge.
    Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
  • By this time, anti-woke sentiment had infected the mainstream and interest in showy egalitarianism and visible diversity was noticeably lower.
    Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 8 May 2025
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“Water down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water%20down. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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