wet down

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Recent Examples of wet down Ashcraft then started wetting down the roof of her family’s home until they were ordered to evacuate. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025 Her lifestyle website recommends wetting down the tub with warm water, then applying a paste consisting of a mix of baking soda and a dollop of dish soap. Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 June 2025 California firefighters Rains continue to wet down the state, with more on tap, as a bipartisan group of senators in Sacramento introduces legislation to do away with seasonal staffing and keep CalFire fire stations fully staffed year round. Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025 The state agency has carried out precautionary measures, including wetting down potentially at-risk areas with water trucks, placing backup generators at key field division facilities and creating staffing plans to continue managing State Water Project operations remotely upon evacuation. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 July 2024 The Dublin Fire Brigade on Friday morning said firefighters were continuing to wet down smoldering vehicles. Karla Adam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023 Her mom got out a hose to wet down their house. Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2022 To the south, plumes of smoke rose behind Kirkwood Mountain ski resort as officials used snow spreaders to wet down the area. Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wet down
Verb
  • Potential for wetting rain exists and could provide additional containment opportunities.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • To clean, start by wetting the inside of your shower.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Dry Dill To dry dill, wash and dry it thoroughly.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The base can even wash the mops with water heated to 212 degrees Fahrenheit to remove grease.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After a man drowned off a popular Anna Maria Island beach over the Labor Day weekend, city officials are speeding up plans to ban swimming in the area.
    Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • On Wednesday, as one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims spoke outside the Capitol, pleading for government candor, fighter jets roared overhead, briefly drowning her out.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Levante’s players, coach and staff played a big role in providing crucial supplies and support when the team’s home city of Valencia was badly flooded last October.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The Plowshare Project dreamt up idealistic, peacetime applications, such as reversing the course of rivers, triggering small earthquakes to prevent large ones from forming, flooding desserts, and, above all, snaking out a Central American canal with fewer vulnerabilities.
    Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Wet down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wet%20down. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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