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drenching

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Definitions

  1. the act of making something completely wet

Word origin

From Middle English drenchyng, drenchynge, drenchende, from Old English drenċende, from Proto-Germanic *drankijandz, present participle of *drankijaną (“to drench”), equivalent to drench + -ing.

Used in a sentence

  • We'll be experiencing drenching rain all weekend.
  • In its 5 a.m. update, the National Hurricane Center noted that in its initial entry onto land, the storm remains a drenching, windy threat.
  • They walked me through the dynamics of what made this a particularly drenching storm, why Houston is so susceptible to flooding, and whether the decision not to evacuate the city was the right call.

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