dousing

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dousing

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of douse

noun dousings

The act by which something is doused. But the Royal Commission learned that he also employed water-dousings and a vicious device called the "punishment jacket" to inflict varying degrees of physical and psychological torments upon the inmates under his care.

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@misc{dousing_2026,
  title = {dousing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dousing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}